Sarie Marais
A Great Trek war song about loss...
Sarie Marais
My Sarie Maraie
Traditional Song
Traditional Song
(Afrikaans)
(English)
My Sarie Marais is so ver van my af
Ek hoop haar weer te sien
Sy het in die wyk van die Mooirivier gewoon
Nog voor die oorlog het begin
O bring my terug na die ou Transvaal
Daar waar my Sarie woon
Daar onder in die mielies by die groen doring boom
Daar woon my Sarie Marais.
My Sarie Maraie is so far from me now
I hope to see her again
She lived on the shore of the Mooi river
Before this old war began
O bring me back to the old Transvaal
There where my Sarie lives
There under all the corn near the green tree with thorns
There lives my Sarie Maraie.
Thanks and Acknowledgements
Many thanks to Frances Turnbull from Musicaliti for contributing and translating this song.
Baie dankie!
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