The Countersign [poem, 8 March 1918]

[Editor: A poem published in Aussie: The Australian Soldiers’ Magazine, no. 3, 8 March 1918.]

The Countersign.

When God knocked off one night said He:
“This world’s a rotten failure.”
Lor lumme, though, He’d let ’em see —
Next day He made Australia.
And when you reach the Golden Gates,
No tale will there avail yer,
Unless your records indicate:
“SQUARE DINKUM AUSTRALIA.”

C. C. D.

Source:
Aussie: The Australian Soldiers’ Magazine, no. 3, 8 March 1918, page 9