Shangani Patrol

His troopers, they were loyal, his troopers, they were young

They'd follow Allan Wilson to the setting of the sun

They were hands from many lands, and many a distant shore

They would follow Wilson, a soldier to the core

Up the wild Shangani, and down the other side

Up the wild Shangani where Allan Wilson died

The Matabele army was running to the North

And Major Forbes would follow it for all that he was worth

But reaching the Shangani, Shangani river wide

Sent Wilson and his men to scout over the other side

Up the wild Shangani, and down the other side

Up the wild Shangani where Allan Wilson died

Through green Mopani forest the Matabele fled,

The Yankee tracker Burnham said 'They can't be far ahead'

But Wilson and his troopers were surrounded in the night

Said Wilson to the volunteers: 'We will stand and fight'

Up the wild Shangani, and down the other side

Up the wild Shangani where Allan Wilson died

With horses in a circle, they sang "God Save the Queen"

And thirty- four young troopers would never more be seen

They killed ten times their number; they're on the honour roll

So take your hat off slowly to the Shangani Patrol

Up the wild Shangani, and down the other side

Up the wild Shangani, where Alan Wilson died.

Up the wild Shangani, and down the other side,

Up the wild Shangani, where Alan Wilson died.