Battle of Groenkop

Groenkop - Battle of Tweefontein

You were our tormentors into the night

barns and farms burnt during the day

rage and rave, wrath and anger

against the dying morning light

 

De Wet and his guerilla force were right;

based near the settlements of hay

Boers were tough, wise and out of sight

their enemy: they did not affright

 

Your Major General deployed the 'Imperial Light'

lines of blockhouses – day to day

from infantry to regiment uptight

against the dying morning light

 

Boer leaders determined to scale the west side

15 pounder guns and a pom-pom at bay

rage and rave, wrath and anger

their enemy: they did not affright

 

De Wet scanned carefully, day by day

On Christmas day, his commando clambered the site

boots removed, ‘Stormt Burghers’ they were in fight

against the dying morning light

 

You, the enemy, were slaughtered, a carnage on this day

desperate men by night, alright?

Boers were tough, wise and out of sight

their enemy: they did not affright

-(c) Nikita - 21/12/2014