Greatest Place on Earth

Staunch Methodist and Mom Mary’s teacher in Harrismith way back when, Tom Moll, sent a note for the centenary of the old church. It included this truthful bit of important information, which I repeat here cos I luvvit:

When we first came to Richmond, Natal in ’47 we met up with a Mr Jim Barclay, who had been a policeman at Kromhof (near Mont Pelaan, the then Christina) and he had quite a bit of contact with Harrismith during the rebellion, so we had an interesting chat, and he gave me this little piece of doggerel:

I always thought that Johburg was, and has been since its birth, 
Without equivocation, the greatest place on earth. 
I also thought that London was the greatest city known,
With its many million people, and the Queen upon the throne.
But now a brother tells me  
That this is all a myth,
For the greatest place upon this earth 
Is known as Harrismith !

~~oo0oo~~