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'Twas after the great Majuba fight	A
And the next morning at daylight	A
Captain Macbean's men were ordered to headquarters camp	B
So immediately Captain Macbean and his men set out on tramp	B
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And there they were joined by the Blue Jackets and th men	C
Who for unflinching courage no man can them condemn	D
And that brave little band was commissioned to bury their dead	E
And the little band numbered in all about one hundred	F
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And they were supplied with a white flag fit emblem of death	G
Then they started off to O'Neill's farm with bated breath	G
Where their comrades had been left the previous night	A
And were lying weltering in their gore oh what a horrible sight	A
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And when they arrived at the foot of Majuba Hill	H
They were stopped by a Boer party but they meant no ill	H
Who asked them what they wanted without dismay	I
And when they said their dead there was no further delay	I
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Then the brave heroes marched on without any dread	E
To the Hill of Majuba to collect and bury their dead	E
And to see them climbing Majuba it was a fearful sight	A
And much more so on a dark pitch night	A
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And on Majuba there was a row of dead men	C
Numbering about forty or fifty of them	D
There were also numbers of wounded men lying on the ground	J
And when Captain Macbean's party gazed on them their sorrow was profound	J
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Oh heaven what a sight of blood and brains	K
While the grass was red all o'er with blood stains	K
Especially at the edge of the Hill where the nd men were killed	L
'Twas there that the eyes of Macbean's party with tears filled	L
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When they saw their dead and dying comrades in arms	M
Who were always foremost in the fight during war's alarms	M
But who were now lying dead on Majuba Hill	H
And alas beyond the aid of all human skill	H
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They then went about two hundred yards down the Hill	H
And collected fourteen more bodies which made their blood run chill	H
And into one grave seventy five bodies they buried there	N
All mostly nd men who I hope are free from all care	N
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Oh think of that gallant British band	O
Who at Majuba made such a heroic stand	O
And take them altogether they behaved like brave men	C
But alas they were slaughtered like sheep in a pen	C
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Poor fellows there were few of them left to retire	P
Because undauntedly they faced that murderous fire	Q
That the mighty host poured in upon them left and right	A
From their numerous rifles day and night	A
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The conduct of the nd was most brave throughout	R
Which has always been the case without any doubt	R
At least it has been the case in general with the Highland Brigade	S
Because in the field they are the foremost and seldom afraid	S
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And to do the British justice at Majuba they behaved right well	T
But by overwhelming numbers the most of them fell	T
Which I'm very sorry to relate	U
That such a brave little band met with such a fate	U
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The commanders and officers deserve great praise	V
Because they told their men to hold Majuba for three days	V
And so they did until the most of them fell	T
Fighting nobly for their Queen and country they loved right well	T
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But who's to blame for their fate I'm at a loss to know	W
But I think 'twas by fighting too numerous a foe	W
But there's one thing I know and in conclusion will say	I
That their fame will be handed down to posterity for many a day	I

William Topaz Mcgonagall

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