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Thread #80738   Message #2655222
Posted By: Q (Frank Staplin)
12-Jun-09 - 06:13 PM
Thread Name: Origins: Marching to Pretoria
Subject: RE: Origins: Marching to Pretoria
Many Afrikaanse folk songs and others, in Afrikaans, 400 in all, at Ons Blerkas, most with midi.

Afrikaan folksongs

Joseph Marais first broadcast the English version of his "Oh, Brandy ..." on WJZ, NYC, in 1939. The tune is based on an Afrikaans tune he heard as a boy, but he does not mention the name.
Marais and Miranda, 1964, "World Folk Songs," Ballantine Books.

About "Marching to Pretoria," Boer War of 1901, Marais says, "As both sides sang it, there was no recognizable set way of performance. I wrote English verses and a definitive musical adaptation which, to my delight, has captured the enthusiam of school and college students across the U. S. A." Up above somewhere, I had given part of this quotation.

Guest Flatint, your transcription of the part of that old recording that you can understand would be much appreciated.