There is a place that's called Laing's Nek
On the road to the old Transvaal
Where General Joubert and the Transvaal army
Answered to the call

To keep the British from coming in
To run across their land
Remembering the convention
They made at the river Sand

There's a place nearby called the Mount of Doves
That day it rose to fame
In the language of the Zulu people
Majuba is its name
It might have been folly but General Colley
Said "We British gotta climb that peak"
There'll be Englishmen up on Majuba
With the enemy at our feet
There'll be Englishmen up on Majuba
With the enemy at our feet

Mrs. de Yaager from a farmhouse kitchen
Couldn't believe her eyes
There were Englishmen up on Majuba
And nobody realized

So she jumped on a horse
And she rode like the wind
To the camp of General Joubert
"There are Englishmen up on Majuba!"
She indignantly declared

General Joubert said "Bring up the pom poms"
Keep up the constant fire
Every round will keep their heads down
As we climb higher and higher

If we have to storm them from all sides
And fire off every round
There are Englishmen up on Majuba
And I'm gonna bring them down
There are Englishmen up on Majuba
And I'm gonna bring them down

The British were surprised
And were swept away like a sudden tide
Helter-skelter over the cliffs
On Majuba they did slide

Along with those brave Englishmen
Were the gallant Gordons too
The day they climbed Majuba
Was the day they would rue

"Remember Majuba!"
Would become their battle cry
If it takes another war we'll settle the score
Even if we have to die

And it was ten years later
They got revenge at last
There were Englishmen up on Majuba
But that's now in the past
There were Englishmen up on Majuba
But that's now in the past

General Colley and Commander Romilly
Were slaughtered that dark day
Ian Hamilton and Hector MacDonald
Were captured and taken away

The Boers then gave the British
A good word of advice
If you do battle on a Sunday
You're bound to lose your fight

May carrier pigeons on that mountain
Fly away the pain
'Till doves of peace are back to stay
On Majuba once again

Tales of valor and courage
Are only left to tell
There are Englishmen and Boers on Majuba
And they're buried where they fell
There are Englishmen and Boers on Majuba
And they're buried where they fell