Since the wagon wheels rolled north it has been many years The country has been built and run by hardy pioneers They fought the Matabele and many a hardship too Their flag unfurled to tell the world to sing this song to you And you can call us rebels and you can call us rogues we Were founded by an Englishman by the name of Cecil Rhodes We fought for this dear land of ours and many men Die and we may have to fight again for this is UDI In a time of need we stood behind the motherland our Soldiers fought in Flanders field and in the desert sand In steaming jungles we have fought the common enemy but These things have been forgotten since the days of victory And you can call us rebels and you can call us rogues we Were founded by an Englishman by the name of Cecil Rhodes We fought for this dear land of ours and many men Die and we may have to fight again for this is UDI And now the sun is setting upon a great regime The children all are leaving the best where they were weaned And now the youngest child has left the parents and the Home and it can prove its worth if it's only left alone And you can call us rebels and you can call us rogues we Were founded by an Englishman by the name of Cecil Rhodes We fought for this dear land of ours and many men Die and we may have to fight again for this is UDI And you can call us rebels and you can call us rogues we Were founded by an Englishman by the name of Cecil Rhodes We fought for this dear land of ours and many men Die and we may have to fight again for this is UDI And you can call us rebels and you can call us rogues we Were founded by an Englishman by the name of Cecil Rhodes