We won't give up the brave old AGE
That's served us long and true;
We'll not forsake a good old friend
For a doubtful one that's new.
Let others laud the new upstart,
In faulty prose and doggerel rhyme;
We'll still stand by the good old AGE,
For it has stood the test of time.
We'll not forsake the good old AGE,
That valiant deeds has done;
That many a battel's fought for us,
And noble victories won.
We won't give up the good old AGE,
That's won itself renown :
It aided men of worth to fame,
And put vain upstarts down.
Then rally round the good old AGE,
That's fought with might and main
For interests that are dear to us,
And will do the same again.
First published in The Queanbeyan Age, 7 June 1879
