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1885.
When the Chinese did rebel, / Gordon alone he could them quell, / With justice they his name revere, / The man who bullets did not fear.
It seemed as if his life had charm / That spear or lance could never harm, / He went alone this wondrous man / To fight false prophet of Sudan.
Assistance it arrives too late, / And traitors they have oped the gate, / To meet the foe he doth advance, / But fatal wound receives from lance.
And Britons all they do take pride / In Burnaby's Asiatic ride, / Russian mysteries to discover, / He crossed many a plain and river.
And his brave spirit led the van / To relieve Gordon in Sudan, / With his strong arm every blow / Laid at his feet some Arab foe.
But strong brave man who knew no fear, / He was transfixed by Arab spear, / And thus brave men their lives have lost, / Of war let nations never boast.
Unless it is in self defence, / Then they have glorious recompense, / But arts of peace they should be prized / By nations truly Christianized.