I googled this idly, never dreaming anything would appear!!
A school friend used to recite it the way she learned it from someone in her family.    Her version had wandered a long way from the original, in the oral transmission...
The baby's name was:
Kitchener Calendar Murphy Cape Kitchener White,
Kronje Plume upon Majuba,
Getty-go on, Elenza kruger,
Capetown, Mafekin France,
Crinoline ladies in bobs,
The fighting Mac and the Union Jack,
go on to Victoria Bobs.

It was a case of pure Chinese Whispers resulting in pure nonsense, but it had rhythm and stuck in my mind ... only later did I twig that there was a Boer War connection in there somewhere!
How fascinating to discover it was a real song - and to see the true version! Thank you!