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The only things to come out of the war itself that are still in the
repertoire are Highland pipe marches - there are two splendid ones,
"The Highland Brigade at Magersfontein",and "The 91st at the Modder
River" (sometimes known as "The 93rd at the Modder River"); also
"Paardeberg" which I don't know. The first is unusual in marking a
defeat, probably the worst suffered by any British force in the 19th
century. There are others; if you know the history of the war, a scan
through pipe tune indexes will locate the relevant titles.
Apparently the most popular song of the war itself was "Break the News
to Mother", which I have not yet tried to trace.
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I *think* it came from the US Civil war.
Jon.
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Jon wrote in message <4915a4dc...@argonet.co.uk>...
>does anybody know any songs or lyrics about the boer war?
>
>thanks,
>
>Phil
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Well a few of Kipling's poems have been made into songs - perhaps they
would count - although you'd need a Kipling expert to figure out
whether they were from his South African period.
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