John Edmond - How many Crosses

Near the town of Fort Victoria
Beneath the shade and sun
You will find a little cemetery
With crosses twenty one

Hills of granite stand around
As sentinels so bold and true
Over all the graves of those
Who braved the hazards with salute

Tell me now you granite mountains
So immovable yet free
How many crosses in this valley?
How many crosses should there be?

Near the town of Fort Victoria
A highway and a fence
Wind their way through hill and mountain
Down the Pass of Providence

When you travel there remember
As you ramble down the grades
'Bout the ones who first came up there
With the horses and the spades

Tell me now you granite mountains
So immovable yet free
How many crosses in this valley?
How many crosses should there be?

Near the town of Fort Victoria
You can still hear the bell
Once the bell that rang the warning
Of the Matabele yell

Now it rings a message out
Of hope for those who care to see
The meaning of the crosses standing
In that lonely cemetery

Tell me now you granite mountains
So immovable yet free
How many crosses in this valley?
How many crosses should there be?
How many crosses in this valley?
How many crosses should there be?

Written by:
JOHN EDMOND

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