Songtexte Dick King the Peacemaker - John Edmond

Through Hardship pain and bloodshed and times of grief and woe
In the land they call Natal, the Boers had crushed the Zulu foe.
Natalia their hard won republic it would be
But Port Natal would have to be their gateway to the sea.
British ships had long rode anchor in that port
And Captain Smith was stationed nearby the British fort.
Pretorius then attacked his camp with constant cannon fire.
For those besieged defenders, the consequence was dire.
Upon the ship Mazeppa which took refuge in the bay.
George Cato woke Dick King, as he asleep did lay.
He said "Reinforcements must be called to stop the foe"
Without hesitation Dick King said he would go.
A Zulu lad called Ndongeni said he'd also ride.
And in the dead of night, they waited for the tide.
they fetched two horses for the journey, one called Somerset,
No better mounts in all the land, no one could ever get.
Mlamulankunzi was his Zulu name
Dick King the peacemaker rode his way to fame
With a Zulu lad called Ndongeni and two pistols by their side.
They changed a part of history on the longest ever epic ride.
One horse he stands at fifteen hands and though he is unshod,
Rumour has it that somewhere they both have Arab blood.
They cast off in a rowboat; behind two horses swam;
Six hundred miles before them, their famous ride began.
Two hundred miles Dick King and Ndongeni rode at night.
By day they hid from the Boers and Zulus keeping out of sight.
Though Ndongeni could not swim he held his horse's mane
When crossing many rivers that were swollen with the rain.
Mlamulankunzi was his Zulu name
Dick King the peacemaker rode his way to fame
With a Zulu lad called Ndongeni and two pistols by their side.
They changed a part of history on the longest ever epic ride.
With no saddle Ndongeni could not ride no more,
Four hundred miles Dick King rode on, more hardships he'd endure,
Isipingo, Umzimkulu and up to Butterworth,
Komga, King Williamstown, Peddie and Bathurst.
Of savage tribes and crocodiles of lions, sun and rain.
This waggoneer who had no fear knew well the wild terrain.
From Grahamstown a garrison was ordered to the seas
And one month later the Conch arrived and Port Natal was freed.
Mlamulankunzi was his Zulu name,
Dick King the peacemaker rode his way to fame
With a Zulu lad called Ndongeni and two pistols by their side.
They changed a part of history on the longest ever epic ride.