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'Twas in the year of and the winter had set in	A
Lord Roberts and the British Army their march did begin	A
On their way to Afghanistan to a place called Cabul	B
And the weather was bitter cold and the rivers swollen and full	B
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And the enemy were posted high up amongst the hills	C
And when they saw the British with fear their blood thrills	C
The savages were camped on the hillsides in war array	D
And occupying a strong position which before the British lay	D
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And viewed from the front their position was impregnable	B
But Lord Roberts was a general of great skill	B
Therefore to surprise the enemy he thought it was right	E
To march upon the enemy in the dead of night	E
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Then the men were mustered without delay	D
And each man of them was eager for the fray	D
And in the silent darkness they felt no dismay	D
And to attack the enemy they marched boldly away	D
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And on they marched bravely without fear or doubt	F
And about daybreak the challenge of an Afghan sentinel rang out	F
And echoed from rock to rock on the frosty biting air	G
But the challenge didn't the British scare	G
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Then the Highlanders attacked them left and right	E
And oh it was a gorgeoua and an inspiring sight	E
For a fierce hand to hand struggle raged for a time	H
While the pibrochs skirled aloud oh the scene was sublime	H
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Then the Ghoorkas did the Afghans fiercely attack	I
And at every point and turning they were driven back	I
And a fierce hand to hand struggle raged for a time	H
While in the morning sunshine the British bayonets did shine	J
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And around the ridge or knoll the battle raged for three hours	K
And British bullets fell amongst them in showers	K
For Captain Kelso brought us his mountain battery	L
And sent his shells right into the camp of the enemy	L
Then the left of the Afghans was turned and began to flee	L
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Meanwhile on the enemy's strong position Lord Roberts launched an attack	I
And from their position they could hardly be driven back	I
Because the Afghans were hid amongst the woods and hills	C
Still with undaunted courage the British blood thrills	C
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And the Afghans pressed the British hotly but they didn't give way	D
For the th Ghoorkas and the nd kept them at bay	D
And the mountain guns shells upon them did fire	M
Then the th Punjaub bounding up the heights made them retire	N
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Then Major White seized a rifle from one of his men and did retire	N
And levelled the piece fearlessly and did fire	M
And with a steady and well timed shot	O
He shot the Afghan leader dead on the spot	O
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Then the British with a wild cheer dashed at them	P
And on each side around they did them hem	P
And at the bayonet charge they drove them down the hill	B
And in hundreds they did them kill	B
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Then in a confused mass they fled down the opposite side of the hill	B
In hundreds driven by sheer force sore against their will	B
And helter skelter they did run	Q
For all their positions were carried and the victory won	Q
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Then on the th of August again Lord Roberts' march began	R
For to fight the rebel Ayoob Khan	S
And with an army about seven thousand strong	T
On his way to Candahar he fearlessly marched along	T
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And the battle that followed at Candahar was a complete victory	L
And Lord Roberts' march to Candahar stands unrivalled in history	L
And let's thank God that sent Lord Roberts to conquer Ayoob Khan	S
For from that time there's been no more war in Afghanistan	R
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Success to Lord Roberts he's a very brave man	R
For he conquered the Afghans in Afghanistan	R
With an army about seven thousand strong	T
He spread death and desolation all along	T

William Topaz Mcgonagall

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