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Thread #73283 Message #1269813
Posted By: Joe Offer
12-Sep-04 - 04:28 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Sugarbush (Josef Marais)
Subject: ADD: Sugarbush (Josef Marais)
Now, here's the original, from a paperback songbook called World Folk Songs, by Marais and Miranda, copyright 1964 by Josef Marais.
SUGARBUSH (words and music by Josef Marais)
Sugarbush, come dance with me Let the other fellows be Just dance the Vastrap (or Polka) merrily Sugarbush, come dance with me.
CHORUS Oh, we never not going to go home! We won't go! We won't go! Oh, we never not going to go phone, 'Cause mother isn't home!
Oh, Sugarbush, I love you so, I will never let you go. So don't let your mother know Sugarbush, I love you so.
Sugarbush, you are so sweet, You, yes, you I'd like to eat! If I do, oh, what a treat! Sugarbush, you are so sweet. CHORUS
Sugarbush, what shall I do? Mother's not so pleased with you Promise me you will be true, And I'll come along with you. CHORUS
Notes from Josef Marais: Worldwide popularity was attained by this song when I joined two folk songs (from Africa and Holland) and added an English lyric in 1952. "Suikerbos" is a term of endearment somewhat like "sweetie-pie." The vastrap dance is a kind of polka. Vas (pronounced fuss) meaning firm, and trap (pronounced trupp) meaning step.