The Cape Frontier - John Edmond.lrc

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[00:00.000] 作曲 : John Edmond
[00:05.272]The Cape Frontier, the Cape Frontier, she is so long and wide,
[00:10.074]with Xhosa warriors raiding us from over the other side;
[00:15.117]we’ve been fighting wars down here, in all they have been nine,
[00:20.177]from the days of the Dutch East-Indian men through the British time.
[00:24.716]
[00:26.579]Sailors of old who grounded the Cape, called it the Cape of Storms,
[00:31.346]land lovers called it the Cape of Good Hope, others the Cape of Wars;
[00:36.398]these wars have been given numbers and names, if I had my way I would vow
[00:41.457]they wouldn’t be numbered one to nine, they’d be called the wars of the cow.
[00:45.964]
[00:47.561]For so many people lived in this place: settlers, Khoe and San;
[00:52.342]they had cattle to feed so they had a need to take some casual land,
[00:57.658]they gave it new names like Albany, Victoria and Adelaide,
[01:02.448]so wars were fought for many years, totalling seventy eight.
[01:06.957]
[01:07.785]The Cape Frontier, the Cape Frontier, she is so long and wide,
[01:12.816]with Xhosa warriors raiding us from over the other side;
[01:17.605]we’ve been fighting wars down here, in all they have been nine,
[01:22.672]from the days of the Dutch East-Indian men through the British time.
[01:26.380]
[01:29.050]The first four wars they were caused by the Xhosas and the Brits and the Boers,
[01:34.099]they started in 1779 fighting Xhosas for 32 years,
[01:39.145]but the Xhosas started the fifth war, with bravery standing their grounds,
[01:44.218]and Lombi nearly beat the Brits at the Battle of Grahamstown.
[01:48.721]
[01:50.332]The sixth war happened when twelve thousand forces crossed the Fish Frontier,
[01:55.362]and Chief Tyali and Maqoma made settlers panic with fear;
[02:00.423]Burnshill saw the seventh war when Maqoma defeated John Hare,
[02:05.206]at the Gwangqa British cavalry killed five hundred Xhosas there.
[02:09.704]
[02:10.521]The Cape Frontier, the Cape Frontier, she is so long and wide,
[02:15.313]with Xhosa warriors raiding us from over the other side;
[02:20.377]we’ve been fighting wars down here, in all they have been nine,
[02:25.168]from the days of the Dutch East-Indian men through the British time.
[02:29.168]
[02:31.558]Sandile’s relative then stole an axe from an old Fort Beaufort store,
[02:36.335]so the War of the Axe was the name that was given to the eighth Cape Frontier War,
[02:41.380]Chief Sandile he put up a fight with skirmishes here and there,
[02:46.171]and that was the ninth and last of the wars of the Cape Frontier.
[02:51.212]
[02:53.067]The Cape Frontier, the Cape Frontier, she is so long and wide,
[02:58.150]with Xhosa warriors raiding us from over the other side;
[03:06.591]we’ve been fighting wars down here, in all they have been nine,
[03:07.922]from the days of the Dutch East-Indian men through the British time.

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作曲 : John Edmond
The Cape Frontier, the Cape Frontier, she is so long and wide,
with Xhosa warriors raiding us from over the other side;
we’ve been fighting wars down here, in all they have been nine,
from the days of the Dutch East-Indian men through the British time.
Sailors of old who grounded the Cape, called it the Cape of Storms,
land lovers called it the Cape of Good Hope, others the Cape of Wars;
these wars have been given numbers and names, if I had my way I would vow
they wouldn’t be numbered one to nine, they’d be called the wars of the cow.
For so many people lived in this place: settlers, Khoe and San;
they had cattle to feed so they had a need to take some casual land,
they gave it new names like Albany, Victoria and Adelaide,
so wars were fought for many years, totalling seventy eight.
The Cape Frontier, the Cape Frontier, she is so long and wide,
with Xhosa warriors raiding us from over the other side;
we’ve been fighting wars down here, in all they have been nine,
from the days of the Dutch East-Indian men through the British time.
The first four wars they were caused by the Xhosas and the Brits and the Boers,
they started in 1779 fighting Xhosas for 32 years,
but the Xhosas started the fifth war, with bravery standing their grounds,
and Lombi nearly beat the Brits at the Battle of Grahamstown.
The sixth war happened when twelve thousand forces crossed the Fish Frontier,
and Chief Tyali and Maqoma made settlers panic with fear;
Burnshill saw the seventh war when Maqoma defeated John Hare,
at the Gwangqa British cavalry killed five hundred Xhosas there.
The Cape Frontier, the Cape Frontier, she is so long and wide,
with Xhosa warriors raiding us from over the other side;
we’ve been fighting wars down here, in all they have been nine,
from the days of the Dutch East-Indian men through the British time.
Sandile’s relative then stole an axe from an old Fort Beaufort store,
so the War of the Axe was the name that was given to the eighth Cape Frontier War,
Chief Sandile he put up a fight with skirmishes here and there,
and that was the ninth and last of the wars of the Cape Frontier.
The Cape Frontier, the Cape Frontier, she is so long and wide,
with Xhosa warriors raiding us from over the other side;
we’ve been fighting wars down here, in all they have been nine,
from the days of the Dutch East-Indian men through the British time.