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Thread #9886   Message #65731
Posted By: Allan S.
24-Mar-99 - 09:08 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Add: Oh Brandy Leave Me Alone (Josef Marais)
Subject: Lyr Add: O BRANDEWYN LAAT MY STANN
Hi Seed: I bet you never expected to get an answer. The song you are looking for is O BRANDEWYN LAAT MY STANN. The book is "Suid-Afrika se eie Lieddjies" = "South Africa's own songs". The problem is that they only give the chorus as follows and none of the verses. Over there it is one of the old trad songs equal to On Top of Old Smokey

O brandewyn laat my Staan
O brandewyn laat my Staan
O brandewyn laat my Staan
want ek wil nou Huis toe Gaan

This translates as:

O Brandy wine let me stand
O Brandy wine let me stand
O Brandy wine let me stand
what I will now house to go [I now want to go home]

Somewhere I have it all in Afrikaans, but it is buried in one of 70 C-90 tapes and I don't know where to find it. My suggestion is to search Afrikaans music. If I remember there are several sites for South African music stores. Just found a web site www.cfb.co.za/artlist.shtm. If that doesn't work omit the part after the forward slash. If not try the S.A. embassy for help 3051 Massachusetts Ave. N.W., Washington DC 20008

I can send a Xerox by snail mail if you give me your address. Contact me at alsch@worldnet.att.net

Tot siens Alles von die besta Allan
^^