There\u2019s a brave little berry-brown man
\nAt the opposite side of the earth;
\nOf the White, and the Black, and the Tan,
\nHe\u2019s the smallest in compass and girth.
\nO! he\u2019s little, and lively, and Tan,
\nAnd he\u2019s showing the world what he\u2019s worth.
\nFor his nation is born, and its birth
\nIs for hardihood, courage, and sand,
\nSo you take off your cap
\nTo the brave little Jap
\nWho fights for Chrysanthemum Land.<\/p>\n
Near the house that the little man keeps,
\nThere\u2019s a Bug-a-boo building its lair;
\nIt prowls, and it growls, and it sleeps
\nAt the foot of his tiny back stair.
\nBut the little brown man never sleeps,
\nFor the Brownie will battle the Bear\u2014
\nHe has soldiers and ships to command;
\nSo take off you cap
\nTo the brave little Jap
\nWho fights for Chrysanthemum Land.<\/p>\n
Uncle Sam stands a-watching near by,
\nWith his finger aside of his nose\u2014
\nJohn Bull with a wink in his eye,
\nLooks round to see how the wind blows\u2014
\nO! jolly old John, with his eye
\nEver set on the East and its woes.
\nMore than hoeing their own little rows
\nThese wary old wags understand,
\nBut they take off their caps
\nTo the brave little Japs
\nWho fight for Chrysanthemum Land.<\/p>\n
Now he\u2019s given us Geishas, and themes
\nFor operas, stories, and plays,
\nHis silks and his chinas are dreams,
\nAnd we copy his quaint little ways;
\nO! we look on his land in our dreams,
\nBut his value we failed to appraise,
\nFor he\u2019ll gather his laurels and bays\u2014
\nHis Cruisers and Columns are manned,
\nAnd we take off our caps
\nTo the brave little Japs
\nWho fight for Chrysanthemum Land.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":251,"menu_order":17,"template":"","meta":{"pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":""},"chapter-type":[48],"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-247","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry","chapter-type-numberless"],"part":209,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/flintandfeather\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/247","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/flintandfeather\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/flintandfeather\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/flintandfeather\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/251"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/flintandfeather\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/247\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":355,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/flintandfeather\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/247\/revisions\/355"}],"part":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/flintandfeather\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/209"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/flintandfeather\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/247\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/flintandfeather\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=247"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/flintandfeather\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=247"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/flintandfeather\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=247"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/flintandfeather\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=247"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}