Valley of the Buffalo

The track to Ulundi
From the wetlands of the Bashee
Rose the saddle of Isandhlwana
To the large and stony Koppie
And the Nkandhla Range
Bounded by the Malakata and Inhlazatye
Down to the Buffalo
Where the hills of Natal
Cross the wide and shallow Donga's
And the rivers cross the plain
Beyond the conical Koppie's
And the round thatched Rondavil's
Run the trickling silver rivers
That was Matyana's stronghold
Where women harvested the grain
And his Impi thousand strong
Had washed their spears
In the blood of the enemy they had slain.