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The Boers were down on Kimberley with siege and Maxim gun	A
The Boers were down on Kimberley their numbers ten to one	A
Faint were the hopes the British had to make the struggle good	B
Defenceless in an open plain the Diamond City stood	B
They built them forts from bags of sand they fought from roof and wall	C
They flashed a message to the south 'Help or the town must fall '	D
And down our ranks the order ran to march at dawn of day	E
For French was off to Kimberley to drive the Boers away	E
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He made no march along the line he made no front attack	F
Upon those Magersfontein heights that drove the Scotchmen back	F
But eastward over pathless plains by open veldt and vley	C
Across the front of Cronje's force his troopers held their way	E
The springbuck feeding on the flats where Modder River runs	G
Were startled by his horses' hoofs the rumble of his guns	G
The Dutchman's spies that watched his march from every rocky wall	C
Rode back in haste 'He marches east He threatens Jacobsdal '	-
Then north he wheeled as wheels the hawk and showed to their dismay	E
That French was off to Kimberley to drive the Boers away	E
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His column was five thousand strong all mounted men and guns	G
There met beneath the world wide flag the world wide Empire's sons	G
They came to prove to all the earth that kinship conquers space	H
And those who fight the British Isles must fight the British race	H
From far New Zealand's flax and fern from cold Canadian snows	I
From Queensland plains where hot as fire the summer sunshine glows	I
And in the front the Lancers rode that New South Wales had sent	J
With easy stride across the plain their long lean Walers went	J
Unknown untried those squadrons were but proudly out they drew	K
Beside the English regiments that fought at Waterloo	K
From every coast from every clime they met in proud array	E
To go with French to Kimberley to drive the Boers away	E
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He crossed the Reit and fought his way towards the Modder bank	L
The foemen closed behind his march and hung upon the flank	L
The long dry grass was all ablaze and fierce the veldt fire runs	G
He fought them through a wall of flame that blazed around the guns	G
Then limbered up and drove at speed though horses fell and died	M
We might not halt for man nor beast on that wild daring ride	M
Black with the smoke and parched with thirst we pressed the livelong day	E
Our headlong march to Kimberley to drive the Boers away	E
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We reached the drift at fall of night and camped across the ford	N
Next day from all the hills around the Dutchman's cannons roared	N
A narrow pass between the hills with guns on either side	M
The boldest man might well turn pale before that pass he tried	M
For if the first attack should fail then every hope was gone	O
But French looked once and only once and then he said 'Push on '	-
The gunners plied their guns amain the hail of shrapnel flew	K
With rifle fire and lancer charge their squadrons back we threw	K
And through the pass between the hills we swept in furious fray	E
And French was through to Kimberley to drive the Boers away	E
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Ay French was through to Kimberley And ere the day was done	A
We saw the Diamond City stand lit by the evening sun	A
Above the town the heliograph hung like an eye of flame	P
Around the town the foemen camped they knew not that we came	P
But soon they saw us rank on rank they heard our squadrons' tread	Q
In panic fear they left their tents in hopeless rout they fled	Q
And French rode into Kimberley the people cheered amain	A
The women came with tear stained eyes to touch his bridle rein	A
The starving children lined the streets to raise a feeble cheer	R
The bells rang out a joyous peal to say 'Relief is here '	-
Ay we that saw that stirring march are proud that we can say	E
We went with French to Kimberley to drive the Boers away	E

Banjo Paterson

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