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TWO KOPJES
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Then mock not the African kopje,
Especially when it is twins,
One sharp and one table-topped kopje,
For that's where the trouble begins.
You can never be, etc.
Only two African kopjes
Baited the same as before—
Only we've had it so often,
Only we're taking no more ...
Only a wave to our troopers,
Only our flanks swinging past,
Only a dozen voorloopers,
Only we've learned it at last!
Then mock not the African kopje,
But take off your hat to the same,
The patient, impartial old kopje,
The kopje that taught us the game!
For all that we knew in the Columns,
And all they've forgot on the Staff,
We learned at the fight o' Two Kopjes,
Which lasted two years an' a half.
