A Hop Through Australia's History |
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1899 - We're Off To Kill The Boers
At the time of Federation
And Empire adoration
Australia agreed
To give a thorough nosebleed
To that awfully cocksure
South African Boer
For denying the vote
To aliens remote
In some distant kraal
And revenge the loss of Natal.
Men volunteered,
Women donned beards,
Australia feasted,
The A1 enlisted,
The troops once embarked
Another spree sparked,
The waving,
The braving,
The self-celebrating
Simply knew no sating
As sixteen thousand left for Transvaal.
With horsewhip
And grip
On Africa's tip
The Aussie cooee
Was split into three
And they determined advance
Pleased with the chance
To teach the Afrikaners
A lesson in manners
They'd never ever forget.
So there's no dodder
Along the Modder,
No wasted erg
At Pandenburg,
No nit pickin'
At Mafeking,
Just the fair thickset
Determined sweat
Of the keen Australian epaulet
Feeling a wee bit conned
The enemy's also blond
A lot in fact like ourselves.
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