Black mood settled like
static dust
Daybreaks on Majuba Hill
They said use the high ground,
the empire must take the transvaal
Home rule instill We're sick of irregulars keeping us
From your diamond rich African soil We'll annex your homeland,
colour it pink
For queen and for country the spoils
Remember Majuba
Lady Smith, Glencoe, Dundee
Remember Majuba with me
The
Boers respected no uniform man The bullets the venom of fear
Reaching the summit the Dutch farm boys
saw in our faces the mask of despair
I tended the dying as I'm bound to do As a man from the medical corps
But the bullets kept flying though my white
flag flew high No respect for conventions of war
Remember Majuba Lady Smith,
Glencoe,
Dundee Remember Majuba
Remember Majuba Lady Smith, Glencoe, Dundee
Ours pleading body both now shot through With the dead and the
At dying I lay
And with what strength remained
Despite terrible wounds
I vowed with my friends I would stay
Lance Corporal Farmer
At twenty-six years
Of the Army Hospital Corps
For Queen and for Country
At Osborne is seen
The Victoria Cross proudly worn
Remember Majuba Lady Smith Glencoe Dundee Remember Majuba