Select the second image (above) and click the play button to hearr verse 1 and chorus of this arrangement.
 
Carolyn Robson's score is in three parts (SAB). There are six verses and a chorus.
 
This song started in the music hall with lyrics by Will D. Cobb and music by Paul Barnes, two Americans. It quickly spread beyond the States. British, Canadian and New Zealand troops made the song their own in The Second Boer War (1899-1902).