Short Boer Poems

O'er
Frank de Boer

© Gail Foster 11th September 2017...

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In South Africa during the Boer War
Granddad got the key of the door
In France during World War 1
He lay wounded when the day was done

He could have met a very bloody end
But for the bravery of his friend
So he lived to fight another day instead
And died an old man in his own bed...

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Think you may have been an Aussie Joe, 
last time on the planet, south, 
probably fought in some British war, 
till yer chips were cashiered out, 

used ol .303 enfield, no bloody doubt,
 but life n death, was turn about,
 but nothings bloody sure, 
perhaps amongst the Boer, 
did ya lifeblood here run out....

Don Johnson...

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Hard cheese for the E U
The Dutch, have tractored through'
A sea change election from 
A farm conscious; direction
Theres now a great party
Grounded in sanity looking in clarity
Holland may longer sinking? from
Great green waste bills a'stinking
Reality astounding could well 
Counter such drowning, which illegal
And immoral brings division and quarrel
Heads up now Holland.' May brighter
Prospects soon follow; on.'...

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She qualified more years ago
than many people want to know.
In fact it was before the War;
(we’re talking now about the Boer.)

Her methods haven’t changed a lot,
since Granny Smith was just a tot
and still she carries, all the time,
some tansy, hyssop and a lime.

Her gentle touch, a word or two
will keep us from our Waterloo.
And if we suffer stress or strain
she'll calm us down and then explain,

"A little rum will ease the pain!"

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