Sarie Marais
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sarie-marais-170-1466959
title:
Sarie Marais
text:
"Sarie Marais" is a traditional South African folk song, created possibly during the First Anglo-Boer War or the Second Anglo-Boer War. The tune was possibly taken from a song dating back from the American Civil War called "Carry me back to Tennessee" or "Sweet Ellie Rhee" with the words roughly translated into Afrikaans. In the English translation, the song begins: "My Sarie Marais is so far from my heart but I hope to see her again. She lived near the Mooi River before this war began..."; and
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encyclopedia
description:
South African folk song
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarie_Marais
date created:
2005-12-16T00:41:35Z
date modified:
2024-08-31T19:23:36Z
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