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 SOUTH AFRICA

a woman wonderful,

(May the Lord amend her!)

Neither simple, kind, nor true,

But her Pagan beauty drew

Christian gentlemen a few

Hotly to attend her.

Christian gentlemen a few

From Berwick unto Dover;

For she was South Africa,

And she was South Africa,

She was our South Africa,

Africa all over!

Half her land was dead with drouth,

Half was red with battle;

She was fenced with fire and sword, 149