Ballads of the Boer War Ballads of the BoerWar SELECTED FROM THE HAVERSACK OF SERGEANT J. SMITH BY COLDSTREAMER AUTHOR OF OUTPOSTS THEIR TREATMENT IN SICKNESS AND IN HEALTH, RUTHLESS RHYMES FOR HEARTLESS HOMES, ETC. LONDON GRANT RICHARDS 48 LEICESTER SQUARE 1902 013 THESE BALLADS ARE DEDICATED TO HIS MAJESTYS COLDSTREAM REGIMENT OF FOOT GUARDS Nulli Secundus NO. CONTENTS 1. THE WHITE FLAG..... 9 2. THE MAIL CART . . . . .19 3. THE BLOCKHOUSE ..... 27 4. THE QUEENS CHOCOLATE . . 35 5. THE PRESS ..... 43 6. THE OFFICERS . . . . -55 7. THE NATIVE...... 65 8. THE ARMY CHAPLAIN .... 75 9. PEACE ....... 83 THE REGIMENT . 88 No. i THE WHITE FLAG No. i. THE WHITE FLAG A REGRETTABLE INCIDENT DONT talk to me of your d d white flag I wont ear spoke o the dirty rag Ave I hewer knowed it used you say Well, peraps I ave, in a sort of a way. And I felt no shame when I seed it then, Tho it warnt no Boers, but clean, white men As showed it. Cowards, you think Give eed You wont find cowards among that breed. We was just a andful o men that day, On Doornberg 111, near Quaggas Vlei A couple o troopers from Comptons Orse Likely young fellers, but wild, of course
