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 TWO KOPJES

(MADE YEOMANRY)

two African kopjes,

Only the cart-tracks that wind

Empty and open between 'em,

Only the Transvaal behind;

Only an Aldershot column

Marching to conquer the land ...

Only a sudden and solemn

Visit, unarmed, to the Rand.

Then scorn not the African kopje,

The kopje that smiles in the heat,

The wholly unoccupied kopje,

The home of Cornelius and Piet.

You can never be sure of your kopje,

But of this be you blooming well sure

A kopje is always a kopje,

And a Boojer is always a Boer!

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