Dont shoot till you see the whites of their eyes!
Pick your target, economise for the Empire we must defend God, King and Country to the bitter end! And out of the hills came 4.000 Zulu warriors!
Last man, last bullet, the order was clear-To take Rourke's Drift the price would be dear! Burning buildings, backs to the wall-Surrounded by Zulus, but we will not fall! For the Empire, for the Crown-You'll never take our nation's ground! For the Empire, for the Crown-You'll never take our nation's ground!
Three hundred defenders of the Rourke's Drift outpost-No one would pass forthwith! Stood their ground, the Red Coat's finest! Lee Enfield and bayonet in the name of his Highness and Natal ran blood red to the tune of the King's rifles!
Last man, last bullet, the order was clear-To take Rourke's Drift the price would be dear! Burning buildings, backs to the wall-Surrounded by Zulus, but we will not fall! For the Empire, for the Crown-You'll never take our nation's ground! For the Empire, for the Crown-You'll never take our nation's ground! For the Empire for the Crown-Not then, not now!
For a day and a night not an inch was given-Death and destruction, no remission! Waiting for reinforcements, all in vain-The choice was clear: Fight on or be slain! Orders are orders, for their duty they carried on!
Last man, last bullet, the order was clear-To take Rourke's Drift the price would be dear! Burning buildings, backs to the wall-Surrounded by Zulus, but we will not fall! For the Empire, for the Crown-You'll never take our nation's ground! For the Empire, for the Crown-You'll never take our nation's ground!
Front rank load! Rear rank fire! Came the dawn, a feeling of forewarning! They could'nt hold out another morning-Surrounded, outnumbered, but their duty fullfilled! They stayed at their posts, waited to be killed! But the final charge never came-Instead the Zulus saluted the brave!
Last man, last bullet, the order was clear-To take Rourke's Drift the price would be dear! Burning buildings, backs to the wall-Surrounded by Zulus, but we will not fall! For the Empire, for the Crown-You'll never take our nation's ground! For the Empire, for the Crown- NOT THEN, NOT NOW!
Pick your target, economise for the Empire we must defend God, King and Country to the bitter end! And out of the hills came 4.000 Zulu warriors!
Last man, last bullet, the order was clear-To take Rourke's Drift the price would be dear! Burning buildings, backs to the wall-Surrounded by Zulus, but we will not fall! For the Empire, for the Crown-You'll never take our nation's ground! For the Empire, for the Crown-You'll never take our nation's ground!
Three hundred defenders of the Rourke's Drift outpost-No one would pass forthwith! Stood their ground, the Red Coat's finest! Lee Enfield and bayonet in the name of his Highness and Natal ran blood red to the tune of the King's rifles!
Last man, last bullet, the order was clear-To take Rourke's Drift the price would be dear! Burning buildings, backs to the wall-Surrounded by Zulus, but we will not fall! For the Empire, for the Crown-You'll never take our nation's ground! For the Empire, for the Crown-You'll never take our nation's ground! For the Empire for the Crown-Not then, not now!
For a day and a night not an inch was given-Death and destruction, no remission! Waiting for reinforcements, all in vain-The choice was clear: Fight on or be slain! Orders are orders, for their duty they carried on!
Last man, last bullet, the order was clear-To take Rourke's Drift the price would be dear! Burning buildings, backs to the wall-Surrounded by Zulus, but we will not fall! For the Empire, for the Crown-You'll never take our nation's ground! For the Empire, for the Crown-You'll never take our nation's ground!
Front rank load! Rear rank fire! Came the dawn, a feeling of forewarning! They could'nt hold out another morning-Surrounded, outnumbered, but their duty fullfilled! They stayed at their posts, waited to be killed! But the final charge never came-Instead the Zulus saluted the brave!
Last man, last bullet, the order was clear-To take Rourke's Drift the price would be dear! Burning buildings, backs to the wall-Surrounded by Zulus, but we will not fall! For the Empire, for the Crown-You'll never take our nation's ground! For the Empire, for the Crown- NOT THEN, NOT NOW!