RHODESIANS WORLDWIDE

They're sending the old man home
Back where the buffalo roam
On the North-East border
They said he was the best
Now he's wearing civvies
Heading home like all the rest

He'll never forget Mukum-B
Or lonely nights along the Zambesi
He'll only have his memories
And the campaign plaques he owns
'Cause they're sending the old man home

Far away
Far away
Another land so very far away

They'll tear down the Officers' Clubs
And write off all the overdue "subs"
So let's drink to their memories
Our heroes and our pals
Those crazy PATU bastards
And those great Rhodesian gals

The soldiers will dance in the streets
And guns go back in armouries so neat
And we'll just have pretty picture books
Of the ambush lands we roamed
'Cause they're sending the old man home

Yes, he'll only have his memories
And the campaign plaques he owns
'Cause they're sending the old man home

The tune is a Jimmy Buffett song

Richard Fenner August 1998
Email - ridgeback43@yahoo.com