Harry the Breaker

HARRY THE BREAKER Harry galloped through the Mulga (13% protien animal tucker) On a game horse Bunga Din The Brumbies galloping on Tolga Were yarded with a grin Every station had a well fed horse A bit too mean to ride (fat horses have the hoops in em .. might buck) The bet was always won of course The Breaker rode ole Suicide Harry traveled the country on his horse A hunter won in a game of chance He didn’t get the girl of course Just the thought of sweet romance Jump a 7 foot fence by candlelight Is how the bet was made The brown would clear the fence orright (alright) Pounds shillings and pence were paid The Boer War came Harry went to fight Saw lots of blood and gore Join the Bush Veldt Carbineers, he might (Guerila style to fight Boers) To catch and kill the Boer His best friend mutilated (Captain Hunt) Harry got revenge and more Pommy firing squad paraded (Cameron Highlanders) Kitchener got him shot for sure “Shoot straight you bastards” This he said “Don’t make a mess of it” The volley fired, the blood ran red Harry cared no more, Tom Tit (wren) Don Johnson 13-dec-10 Don’t blindfold us boys, me and Peter can play our part… Don’t spoil my looks boys, shoot me through the heart So unit .303 was used when Harry spoke of battle A bullet in the brisket brought on the great death rattle Game to the last, Morant and Hancock refused to be blindfolded and went before the firing squad at the old Pretoria gaol, Pietersburg in the early morning of 27 February 1902. Hancock's wife, who lived in Bathurst with her three children, only found out from the newspapers that her husband had been shot. Kitchener later admitted, in writing, that he had issued orders to kill Boers in English uniforms. Whitton was in prison on the Isle of Wight and after serving nearly three years his life sentence, it was overturned by the British House of Commons on August 11, 1905. ( Fair play then hey) "Captain Hunt's body was struck by a bullet at close range. It passed through his right shoulder. This was a simple wound and did not cause his death. When found the body was stripped naked. The sinews at the backs of both knees and ankles had been severed. The fore head was bruised and the right cheekbone was crushed. Captain Hunt had been castrated". from 'The Breaker" by Kit Denton