You are Welcome, Digger, Welcome (Air, 'The Wearing of the Green') [drop-title]
[Australia, circa 1919].
Octavo, a leaflet (printed recto only) comprising a lengthy patriotic verse (26 lines) surmounted by the Union Jack and the Red Ensign (both printed in colour).
Creased where folded; in very good condition.
'You are welcome, Digger, welcome to the land that gave you birth; | You rank amongst the bravest men that ever trod God's earth; | You're not only soldiers, Digger, you are men and mates as well; | If the order came to do it, you'd have stormed the gates of Hell'.
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