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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

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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