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John Edmond
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The Siege At Elands River
Brakfontein is a pretty good base, it's a pretty good place to be With the Southern Rhodesian volunteers and the men from the B.S.A.P. And a whole lot of diggers from Australia and the Rhodesia regiment and the water from the Elands River was fresh and heaven sent Oh you Elands River your water is heaven sent For a whole lot of diggers from Australia and the Rhodesian regiment.
It was on the third of August on a crisp South African night And the Year was 1900 with the Boer war at its height De la Rey was in those hills with his 3000 men And the water from the Elands River was fresh and heaven sent Oh you Elands River your water is heaven sent De la Rey is in those hills with his 3000 men
From the 4th August as the sun rose in the East For 12 long days with shell and shot they killed most every beast There were oxen, mules and horses and men were lying dead 更多更詳盡歌詞 在 ※ Mojim.com 魔鏡歌詞網 But the water from the Eland's river was fresh and heaven sent Oh you Elands River your water is heaven sent There are oxen, mules and horses and men are lying dead
Our garrison was scanty a couple o' 100 or more De la Rey asked us to lay down arms to his 3000 Boers Rhodesians never surrender, that was our testament And the water from the Elands River was fresh and heaven sent. Oh you Elands River your water is heaven sent Rhodesians never surrender, this is our testament
De la Rey is gone now, we don't know where he went Rhodesians never surrender, and that's our testament At the siege of Elands River, we made that testament
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