The Boers were probably the toughest (and bravest) adversaries that we (the British) ever encountered. They kept our Empire forces pinned down for several years and the way that their women and children were treated in "concentration camps" leaves a painful and shameful scar in our history. I salute them!
Yup, the Boer war precipitated the successful Haldane reforms that created the BEF - British Expeditionary Force that acquitted itself so well against the Boche in 1914 rusi.org/commentary/learning-haldane
@@91Neyyd Very well,, apart from the poor as in every and any nation. Where are you from? Lets examine your nation. Bet you wont because you are a noisy empty can troll. Watch what happens SA is in a stater of collapse - ruined. I'll wait to hear which country you'r from.
These men of South Africa are still the toughest this country has ever had.. its just very sad and heartbreaking that politicians now call for the killing of these farmers. These politicians are handsomely rewarded for every farmer killed.. the current regime does nothing to stop the killings and the president NEVER comments on these killings. In effect this means that this regime condones the actions of those killers.. 😢
Translation: "My Sarie Marais/ is so far from my heart/ but I hope to see her again/ she lived in the area of the Beautiful River/ before the war began. Oh, bring me back to the old Transvaal/ to where my Sarie lives/ there under the corn next to the green thorn tree/ there lives my Sarie Marais. I was so afraid/ that the Brits would capture me/ and send me far away across the sea/ then I fled to the side/ of the Upington sand/ there along the Great River. Salvation came/ and it was time to go home/ back to the old Transvaal./ My beloved/ shall surely be there too/ to reward me with a kiss.
@@pneron2032 One small change. "Die kakkies" isn't "the army". It's the British. He's a Boer, in a Kommando, fighting the British to make them leave his country. He's been fighting a guerilla war for months and months. The British have imprisoned the families of the Boers in concentration camps and burned their crops so as to deprive the Kommandos of support. Many of those imprisoned have starved. He knows his Sarie has probably met a harsh fate in British hands. He just wants to go home and see if he can find her. But the Kakkies, die Rooinekke, won't leave his country. I suspect you're South African and I've just rather arrogantly given you a lecture on your own history. I apologize if that's the case. But don't leave the enotion out of it, dude. There's huge emotion in 'Ek was so bang dat die Kakkies sou me vang."
As an Englishman this makes me rather home sick as now a true "sotie" sitting here in Western Australia thinking of my farm back in SA and all my English, Afrikaans, Zulu and Xhosa friends back home. At our next barabie sorry "Braai" I think I will play this and see the South African and Aussie reactions. I love this song like I love Miriam Makeb's Click Song, you can never get Africa out of your blood.
bliksim45 this is true. I am also expat SA saddened I read negatives today about ZAR and the current Regime. The Afrikaners are the only people in history who decided to hand over power voluntarily hoping that this will bring in a new era in that multi-cultural, multi-ethnic, etc diverse Country. 20 years on since 1994 the Country is still adjusting. The problem is ideology of the new regime, the same mistakes common in Africa after independence should not be repeated. Imagine that the Afrikaner and the whites in general had refused to hand over power in 1994. It was decided to do it and the white electoral accept it, under the new constitution. Now blacks realizing more and more that the past had merits under the minority regime even for them. They are marginalized by their own race, together with whites, coloreds, Asians and may end up like the Bushmen if it carries on like this. Cry the beloved Country.
Bliksim I agree with you. We the whites could had chosen differently out of intransigence and we could had dragged on into the unknown for years. But it was time to turn the page as we can be united and a lot stronger in every respect. The difficulties were always known perhaps overlooked in the belief that all shall behave properly. Well no one expected Zuma to emerge like a cockroach and via the Indian friends attempt to usurp the whole Country 50 million plus and all Industry and Banks, Business to them so that they 'recover' from the 'apartheid sufferings' themselves and their elites. To hell with everything else. I dont distinguish between Afrikaners and Englishmen or other Europeans. Any one born in Africa and spent the first years of his life drinking NILE water or smell the Drakensberg Air or the Karoo etc. Anyone born in Africa is African difference in the skin colour.
@@abrienieuwoudt2705 reg so! commando never existed in the English language until AFTER the Boer war, tactics adopted by Churchill he was that impressed!
As a southerner I’ve always had a great sympathy for the Boers, outgunned and outmanned they fought for their homeland from an imperial juggernaut who greedily waged war for gold, centralization of power and exploitation.
Do you know about the Zonderwater concentration camp where the Italian soldiers were placed after WW2 captured by the British, the Boers treat them so well that a lot of them did not want to go home.
Dr Arthur Conan Doyle was there, and wrote The Great Boer War long before he wrote Sherlock Holmes. Only one Boer generaal he didn't care for. Good book from our enemies point of view. My great Grandfather, a Scottish, caught there, and stayed behind and married a Afrkaans meisie, and here I am 😊
@@brh.1892 Beware, they all embellish, and misrepresent the Boer war. Churchill himself said that the war correspondent writes to the effect what his employer wants, and to beware as the truth is surrounded by a bodyguard of lies.
As an American Southerner I say have faith Johnny Boer! The Boers will rise again! btw the tune for this song is taken from "Carry me Back to Tennessee." a civil war song.
Lembro-me de ouvir esta música quando era criança, em Lourenço Marques. Ek onthou luister na hierdie lied toe ek 'n kind was, in Lourenço Marques. I remember listening to this song when I was a child, in Lourenço Marques.
I have no immediate connexion to Boes, SA, or Afrikaaner anything, but that doesn't stop me from loving this song or enjoying the black and white photo series of a bygone era, when men grew hardy and willful upon horses' backs and presented as heroes before their impressionable spouses, whilst nowadays they sit as equals in passenger seats or fuming at the slow traffic whilst clutching a steering wheel of their airconditioned sedan.
Stanibol jy is dalk bietjie reg. Ons het die donderse swartes oor ons laat loop soos die bedonderde naaiers wat meeste van hulle is , maar meeste van ons het nie sag geword nie. Ek en my vriende fok mekaar steeds op in die skool vir die pret en ons sien dit as Niks meer as n oaar vriende wat stooi. Party boere fok steeds die naaiers wat ons plase steel op. So nou ja ek stem met die vorige our saam. You jou bek jou opgevokte lelie.
they gave the zulu impies all kinds of hell at the battle of blood river where my great grand father Andries Pretorius also fought. they where a tough bunch and they had to be, they were fighting for they're future
@@pieterpretorius1014 my Girlfriend is descendant of Andries Hendrik Potgieter who also took part in the battle with your great Grandfather. Her dads name is Pieter Potgieter.
"Give me 20 divisions American soldiers and I will breach Europe. Give me 15 consisting of Englishmen, and I will advance to the borders of Berlin. Give me two divisions of those marvellous fighting Boers (Meaning Farmer, originating from the Boer War) and I will remove Germany from the face of the earth." Field Marshal Bernard L. Montgomery
Actually, it was "Two divisions of Commandoes" He didn't quite say that but is reputed to have said something of a similar sentiment after the successful British commando assault on the Dutch Island of Walcheren in 1944. The fact that "commando" was originally a Boer word for a mounted irregular soldier has nothing to do with what Montgomery is supposed to have said. Having said that, it is thought to be apocryphal.
+Sir Thomas the South shall rise again. The Voortrekker flag in design and color is very similar to the Dixie flag. Both cultures were of the same mindset.
Yes quite right it was a ship called the Alabama (not Alibama)that brought in 'riete' from the Mooi (pretty) river from where Malay brides would weave beds from. there is another tale however..
@@cubasedoos Waarom sou 'n oorlogskip van die Konfederasie riete van Natal na die Kaap karwei? Tensy dit 'n ander Amerikaanse skip genaamd Alabama was?
The boers were very brave and impressive mass of great marksmen,fighting against the biggest empire ever,the boers were good people,the English encroached on boer territory ,and tried to impose them selves upon the boers,but the boers were no push over,were skilled fighters.
There is no nation on earth that does not have some blemish....South Africa can, however, consider it fortunate in that they followed the British rule of law and were able to establish the biggest economy in Africa partly due to the British help and influence. South Africans helped Britain in two wars to fight the Germans which is pretty amazing. Sadly it was also England that helped install the Marxist regime that runs that country now....runs being the operative word....into the ground with their senseless demonizing of the very people that build the country from nothing.
@@tdevry A lot of what you say is true. But why should we be grateful? Do you think we could not progress on our own. And we did once we shed the yoke in 1910 and particularly in 1948.
@@davethorstry6700Economically, one cannot build a nation without knowhow, trade and electricity. If one looks at the South African economy today however, it is clear that maintaining those things I mentioned, is obviously as important. The economy is in shatters because the will and knowhow is crumbling. On it's own, without Britain, South Africa would have been as poor as Mozambique.
Yes an awful, unjust war- and I'm a Brit/a Witsie - but husband's gt gt uncle died on St Helena, and others with our name, perhaps family, died in the Concentration camps. Next week I shall be giving a public presentation in Devon, UK on this and will be making clear the horror of this war, and the guilt of the British- most especially Milner, Chamberlain, Roberts and Kitchener..
@@Joseph-pk7wu Not talking about slavery, just the similarity of a bunch of farmers fighting againts a superior industrial power, and the tough and gritty look of the boer soldiers.
My Sarie Marais sal ek ooit weer kan sê: O, my skat het ek weer gekry In sonnergedal langs die mooirivier se wal Het sy vir oorlog daar gebly O bring my t'rug na die ou Transvaal, Daar waar my Sarie woon. Daar onder in die mielies by die groen doringboom, daar woon my Sarie Marais. Oh, ek was so bang dat die Kakies my sou vang En ver oor die see wegstuur; Toe vlug ek na die kant van die Upington se sand Daar onder by die Grootrivier. O bring my trug na die ou Transvaal, Daar waar my Sarie woon. Daar onder in die mielies By die groen doringboom, daar woon my Sarie Marais. Oh, die oorlog is nou klaar... (?) O bring my trug na die ou Transvaal, Daar waar my Sarie woon. Daar onder in die mielies By die groen doringboom, daar woon my Sarie Marais.
Remember your history boets. When shtf you will hold your own..... as you always have done. I’ll be the first to join from overseas if it comes to it. The strength of the boer is quite an inspiration.
It's not long now. Factors are all converging to the collapse of the country. 2024 elections are going to get messy. Probably the last "real" election South Africa will have. But a nation will rise up from the ashes........
A bit late with my comment, but I'm English and I lived in Pretoria in the 1970s. The Afrikaans- speakers in the cities were noticeably hostile to the English/British, but because of my father's work we came into contact with a lot of Boer farmers. They were always friendly and helpful, lovely people. I never understood this difference in attitude. They didn't stand to gain anything from my father's contact with them, yet they were so nice. Can anyone give me a reason for this difference between city folk and farmers? I've often wondered about it.
Strangely enough I spoke to my mother about this yesterday. People in places like Upington or Cradock were always friendly and rather polite. Could it be that these communities, being somewhat isolated, relying on each other and less spoiled than people in Pretoria, understand life's hardships therefore making them more humble? I have never lived in Pretoria and somehow I do not think I would have felt comfortable there myself.... I have been living in the countryside in the Netherlands now for over thirty years and the difference between city people and country folk is also noticeable. I am always amazed at how hard the farmers work and the community sense that exists here. People in the cities often do not even know their neighbours.
I've got this song on a 78 rpm record. (Columbia WEA 196 LE. 13) The label says: Chris A. Blignaut (Met Jansen Kwartet) Not "The Melodians". Or is the Jansen Kwartet the same group?
Those long stirrups - true horsemen. Hier en daar is daar paar wat nog so kan ry. Pas nie by enige perdesport nie. Dis hoe jy ry as jy rerig ry, dag in en uit.
My oupa groeitjie se pa was Sarel cilliers en ek ken hierdie tipe liedtjjes van klein af my ouers wil ons boere tradiesie sterk hou so ons leer die al van kleins af
My knowledge 0:07 Paul Kruger 0:18 J lemmer age 64,JDL Botha age 15,GJ Pretorius age 43 0:43 Boers of the Marico Commando(JDL Botha can be seen on the right,the 15 year old) 0:46 Boers at Spion Kop 1:36 A Boer Creusot 75mm gun 1:43 General Louis Botha 2:00 General Schalk Burger
Sorry if I gave the impression that the British Empire was alone in the unfortunate history of abuses by a ruling colonial empire. Throughout the age of colonialism there were many horrible abuses by the ruling powers, e.g., the Belgian atrocities. The Roman Empire came close to being benevolent masters - but no people willingly give up their freedom. Rose Lynn Mangan
+Rose Mangan the "Belgian atrocities" were committed when Congo was owned by King Leopold II, Belgian authorities (nor its people) had nothing to do with it. At the end of his life, Leopold was forced to give "his" Congo to the state of Belgium. The United Kingdom invented the concentration camps, the only way to win a war against the Boers, that's a unique fact in world history.
Kudos aan jou! I'd love to know if you've tried or tried making regte, egte boerekos? Food that's particular to a language and culture is, like its music, the heart, soul and spirit of the culture. It's the distilled energy of the people and an excellent, profound auxillary to learning their language. Sjoe! Ek verlang nou dikstukke.
Transvaal and the Free State have definite parallels with the American Civil War which occured just 35 years before. When the Boers refused to capitulate after losing their cities they were headed straight for their very own Sherman's 'March to the Sea' and Sheridan's clearance of the Shenandoah Valley. Both events happened in 1864, so the Boer 'bitter-enders' should have had some idea of what they were calling on their women and children to endure. They'd already been rebuffed by all the powers of Europe that might have supported them, so only hatred and an over-arching belief in a religious miracle could have kept them going. Neither of which is something upon which to build a sound and independent country.
"I found the Boers ("Boer" is the old Dutch name for "farmer"), taking their young and old, dwellers in towns and land workers, a more intelligent people than the corresponding classes in England, which would include English farmers and labourers. They are far more moral in their lives and more sincerely religious than the British people. Young Boers are better men in every respect - physically and morally - than young Englishmen; and more intelligent, speaking as they nearly all do two languages, Dutch and English; while in their character and behaviour, in living clean and sober lives, they are far above the personal and moral standard of the average young Englishman of any class. Boer women never become prostitutes."
Such a wonderful song! But, please, dont let the old hostilities be active in our todays living together. Sooner or later the future should be "self-determination". And therefore the two groups should be reconciled and in a spirit of brotherhood. The point is "self-determination". Probably the only chance for a half-decent SA...
That is exactly what the Afrikaans National party stood for. Constantly promoting unity and playing the Boer war down. Yet a very large section of English speaking South Africans undermined and even Sabotaged the system.
The Boers were probably the toughest (and bravest) adversaries that we (the British) ever encountered. They kept our Empire forces pinned down for several years and the way that their women and children were treated in "concentration camps" leaves a painful and shameful scar in our history. I salute them!
Mungoboy55 what about the Maori
the maori?
Yup, the Boer war precipitated the successful Haldane reforms that created the BEF - British Expeditionary Force that acquitted itself so well against the Boche in 1914 rusi.org/commentary/learning-haldane
Shit happened its not today hey
Thanks but it's a bit late-Tjorts(Salut) to you too then on an nice drink try Richelieu Brandy
Support and love from Poland!
Ek leer Afrikaans - ek is lief vir julle kultuur, taal en geskiedenis
Respek van n Boer!
Dan moet jy die lied "Agt jollie kêrels" van Randal Wicomb hoor, haha!
SZEMA POLAKO!!!! POLISH MEN ARE REAL MEN... POLISH WOMAN ARE BEAUTIFULL,,, MOCNA
MIŁOŚĆ
@Daniel Clark 1984 Een hoop Nederlanders zijn bereid de breeding stock aan te vullen
baie dankie! jy klink soos n slim ou
Love from America.
You built the nation.
They will always try to tear it down
That's why you don't build on someone else land, because soon or later the land will be reclaim.
@@91Neyyd BS!
@@davethorstry6700 well ask the afrikaners how they’ve been living since 1994 Lool
@@91Neyyd Very well,, apart from the poor as in every and any nation. Where are you from? Lets examine your nation. Bet you wont because you are a noisy empty can troll. Watch what happens SA is in a stater of collapse - ruined. I'll wait to hear which country you'r from.
@@91NeyydFacts.
my dad still sings this song .. he is over 80 now .....
My dear mother knows and sings it, being 90 now.
My great-grand-aunt was a nurse in the Second Boer War, on the Boer side. I really respect the struggle of the Boers against the British.
saam stem
Die kakies sy as beeste tekere gegaan die lafbekke
Shame really? Wish you were there, I lost a few 'could be' uncles and aunts but ok u
J.A. Brown
Boer reenactor... howdy from Louisiana USA
@ja brown are you of russian decent?
These men of South Africa are still the toughest this country has ever had.. its just very sad and heartbreaking that politicians now call for the killing of these farmers. These politicians are handsomely rewarded for every farmer killed.. the current regime does nothing to stop the killings and the president NEVER comments on these killings. In effect this means that this regime condones the actions of those killers.. 😢
😪😪Very moving - men and boys on scrubby horses, in their farming clothes. Such courage, such a tragic outcome. Love from Australia xx
I'm French and Dutch. Support from your Dutch brothers.
Geckoman2018 thank you ,...... from a Boer
A dutch-french is synonymous with belgians
Your biggest ally was in you all a long
I do not speak Afrikaans but I find this deeply moving.
Translation:
"My Sarie Marais/ is so far from my heart/ but I hope to see her again/ she lived in the area of the Beautiful River/ before the war began.
Oh, bring me back to the old Transvaal/ to where my Sarie lives/ there under the corn next to the green thorn tree/ there lives my Sarie Marais.
I was so afraid/ that the Brits would capture me/ and send me far away across the sea/ then I fled to the side/ of the Upington sand/ there along the Great River.
Salvation came/ and it was time to go home/ back to the old Transvaal./ My beloved/ shall surely be there too/ to reward me with a kiss.
@@pneron2032 Interesting. Thank you very much!
@@pneron2032 One small change. "Die kakkies" isn't "the army". It's the British. He's a Boer, in a Kommando, fighting the British to make them leave his country. He's been fighting a guerilla war for months and months. The British have imprisoned the families of the Boers in concentration camps and burned their crops so as to deprive the Kommandos of support. Many of those imprisoned have starved. He knows his Sarie has probably met a harsh fate in British hands. He just wants to go home and see if he can find her. But the Kakkies, die Rooinekke, won't leave his country.
I suspect you're South African and I've just rather arrogantly given you a lecture on your own history. I apologize if that's the case. But don't leave the enotion out of it, dude. There's huge emotion in 'Ek was so bang dat die Kakkies sou me vang."
@@wfcoaker1398 That isn't arrogant at all, it is very helpful. Thanks. Where are you from?
C'est beau 👊😘
As an Englishman this makes me rather home sick as now a true "sotie" sitting here in Western Australia thinking of my farm back in SA and all my English, Afrikaans, Zulu and Xhosa friends back home. At our next barabie sorry "Braai" I think I will play this and see the South African and Aussie reactions. I love this song like I love Miriam Makeb's Click Song, you can never get Africa out of your blood.
bliksim45 this is true. I am also expat SA saddened I read negatives today about ZAR and the current Regime. The Afrikaners are the only people in history who decided to hand over power voluntarily hoping that this will bring in a new era in that multi-cultural, multi-ethnic, etc diverse Country. 20 years on since 1994 the Country is still adjusting. The problem is ideology of the new regime, the same mistakes common in Africa after independence should not be repeated. Imagine that the Afrikaner and the whites in general had refused to hand over power in 1994. It was decided to do it and the white electoral accept it, under the new constitution. Now blacks realizing more and more that the past had merits under the minority regime even for them. They are marginalized by their own race, together with whites, coloreds, Asians and may end up like the Bushmen if it carries on like this. Cry the beloved Country.
nickary Mate. Nah. I'm Afrikaner Botswanan. In mother Botswana, the blacks run the country. It's like opposite apartheid. Whites received racism.
Bliksim I agree with you. We the whites could had chosen differently out of intransigence and we could had dragged on into the unknown for years. But it was time to turn the page as we can be united and a lot stronger in every respect. The difficulties were always known perhaps overlooked in the belief that all shall behave properly. Well no one expected Zuma to emerge like a cockroach and via the Indian friends attempt to usurp the whole Country 50 million plus and all Industry and Banks, Business to them so that they 'recover' from the 'apartheid sufferings' themselves and their elites. To hell with everything else. I dont distinguish between Afrikaners and Englishmen or other Europeans. Any one born in Africa and spent the first years of his life drinking NILE water or smell the Drakensberg Air or the Karoo etc. Anyone born in Africa is African difference in the skin colour.
Try: die Dolfyne- Visgat
L😅@@nickary9909
I pray for the peaceful friendly and brotherly relationship between the boers and all the peoples in South Africa
Us Boers only merge with other whites fuck blood mixing
I HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR THIS VERSION FOREVER!!!!! I heard it on the documentary on the Boear War!!!!!
Much love and respect from your American friend!
The definition of commando warriors !Immortal spirit.
Kommando
Kommado
@@abrienieuwoudt2705 reg so! commando never existed in the English language until AFTER the Boer war, tactics adopted by Churchill he was that impressed!
holy shit it was ,my uncle swam over crocs to rove his badge ,,,shit
History of independance and courage. Don't let it fade away!
Do you think it has faded away yet? 😢 I'm a young Afrikaner and feeling cynical about our future.
Support from France. Force & Honneur
Thank you France and the Tricolour for you held and sacrifices for us.
As a southerner I’ve always had a great sympathy for the Boers, outgunned and outmanned they fought for their homeland from an imperial juggernaut who greedily waged war for gold, centralization of power and exploitation.
One more thing in common: the South loved its slavery and the Afrikaners loved their apartheid
My great-great-grandfather still sings this song with me. We sing this song together for about 16 years now :)
How old is your great great grandfather then ?
86
Pretty young haha. If my great grandfather would be alive we would have been 153 :P
Wow damn haha, yeah, if he would still be alive he'd be in the Guiness Book
Indeed haha. Is your great great grandfather an Afrikaner ?
A lovely song.... May the Boer people find the peace they have been wanting for a long time.
Support to the boers from Italy
Do you know about the Zonderwater concentration camp where the Italian soldiers were placed after WW2 captured by the British, the Boers treat them so well that a lot of them did not want to go home.
Dankie, stem Lega.
Vive les Boers ! Amitiés et respect de France. Tenez bon !
Vive le france! Thank you, the only country who gave us some assistance.
Love and respect for the Boers from Germany 🇩🇪
Respects!!! Je comprends rien mais le son est tellement poétique..🧡
Best version I have heard
Prachtig nostalgisch liedje. Kon het goed verstaan.
Dis suid afrika en versprei die woord van ons asseblief ons is die selfde volk
Fantastic nostalgic song, Can understand it well... I'm not even Dutch and I understood that lol
Dit is my voorgeslagte....en ek is trots om te se....vir ewig n boer.
Dr Arthur Conan Doyle was there, and wrote The Great Boer War long before he wrote Sherlock Holmes. Only one Boer generaal he didn't care for. Good book from our enemies point of view. My great Grandfather, a Scottish, caught there, and stayed behind and married a Afrkaans meisie, and here I am 😊
Uncalled for...
Lekker.
I'm reading it now. My first book on the war from the perspective of the British. I will read Winston Churchills version after this.
@@brh.1892 Beware, they all embellish, and misrepresent the Boer war. Churchill himself said that the war correspondent writes to the effect what his employer wants, and to beware as the truth is surrounded by a bodyguard of lies.
As an American Southerner I say have faith Johnny Boer! The Boers will rise again! btw the tune for this song is taken from "Carry me Back to Tennessee." a civil war song.
up to a point. the text "Ella Ree" is supposed to have been the inspiration for this song. the woman Sarie Marais actually lived.
So trots om 'n BOER te wees. Geen nasie het wat ons het nie.
Dasy 👌
Jullie taal is zo grappig het lijkt zo erg op oud Nederlands. Waarschijnlijk hadden wij jullie gekoloniseerd op een punt in tijd.
@@coreofnothing "Waarschijnlijk" open anders eens een boek...
Belg woesj
Belg ik ben een voltijd cirkeltrekker, ik begrijp
A brilliant little song that gives a great insight into Boer World!
Onthou wie jy is Boerseun!
A fine song well sung. And great historical pictures.
This Sarie Marais was sung in the Australian movie Breaker Morant where I First heard it about 30 years ago!🤠🔫🐴🐎🎙️🎼🎵🇿🇦
mixed feelings going around about Breaker Morant
Yes; he got what he deserved!!!!
The Afrikaners were REAL men!
proud people and skilled rifleman the boers
Sarie Marais ag my. Love it
Ive been listening to Des Lathams podcast on the 2nd anglo boer war on spotify, real interesting to listen to.
honneur a tous ces hommes qui ont lutté pour leur pays et leur liberté.
Fantastic pictures, and music
Lembro-me de ouvir esta música quando era criança, em Lourenço Marques.
Ek onthou luister na hierdie lied toe ek 'n kind was, in Lourenço Marques.
I remember listening to this song when I was a child, in Lourenço Marques.
Onde aprendeu Afrikaans?
voce e brasileiro?
I have no immediate connexion to Boes, SA, or Afrikaaner anything, but that doesn't stop me from loving this song or enjoying the black and white photo series of a bygone era, when men grew hardy and willful upon horses' backs and presented as heroes before their impressionable spouses, whilst nowadays they sit as equals in passenger seats or fuming at the slow traffic whilst clutching a steering wheel of their airconditioned sedan.
stanibol he! soutpieltjie - shuddafuckup
Stanibol jy is dalk bietjie reg. Ons het die donderse swartes oor ons laat loop soos die bedonderde naaiers wat meeste van hulle is , maar meeste van ons het nie sag geword nie. Ek en my vriende fok mekaar steeds op in die skool vir die pret en ons sien dit as Niks meer as n oaar vriende wat stooi.
Party boere fok steeds die naaiers wat ons plase steel op. So nou ja ek stem met die vorige our saam.
You jou bek jou opgevokte lelie.
And look we have now. Bring back the old transval
A tough bunch who could shoot straight!
they gave the zulu impies all kinds of hell at the battle of blood river where my great grand father Andries Pretorius also fought. they where a tough bunch and they had to be, they were fighting for they're future
gad has blessed the boers with beautiful land and great fighting ability but has cursed them with bad neighbors and war
@@pieterpretorius1014 my Girlfriend is descendant of Andries Hendrik Potgieter who also took part in the battle with your great Grandfather.
Her dads name is Pieter Potgieter.
Nothing but respect my brothers.
"Give me 20 divisions American soldiers and I will breach Europe. Give me 15 consisting of Englishmen, and I will advance to the borders of Berlin. Give me two divisions of those marvellous fighting Boers (Meaning Farmer, originating from the Boer War) and I will remove Germany from the face of the earth." Field Marshal Bernard L. Montgomery
This is just a myth and this quote is not recorded in history. If you think it is, can you tell me in what history journal?
How true, Kevin Feil
Waarheid. Boer volk! Ysters!
Actually, it was "Two divisions of Commandoes"
He didn't quite say that but is reputed to have said something of a similar sentiment after the successful British commando assault on the Dutch Island of Walcheren in 1944.
The fact that "commando" was originally a Boer word for a mounted irregular soldier has nothing to do with what Montgomery is supposed to have said.
Having said that, it is thought to be apocryphal.
Ahhahahha
The reminds me of the Confederate army. Hello from Georgia, USA.
A connection can be found with the song "Daar kom die Alibama" written for a visit to Cape Town by the CSS Alabama.
+Sir Thomas the South shall rise again. The Voortrekker flag in design and color is very similar to the Dixie flag. Both cultures were of the same mindset.
Yes quite right it was a ship called the Alabama (not Alibama)that brought in 'riete' from the Mooi (pretty) river from where Malay brides would weave beds from. there is another tale however..
@@cubasedoos Waarom sou 'n oorlogskip van die Konfederasie riete van Natal na die Kaap karwei? Tensy dit 'n ander Amerikaanse skip genaamd Alabama was?
NIGGA WATCHUZ TALKIN ABOUT RSAI(C(S
The boers were very brave and impressive mass of great marksmen,fighting against the biggest empire ever,the boers were good people,the English encroached on boer territory ,and tried to impose them selves upon the boers,but the boers were no push over,were skilled fighters.
Boerevolk, keer terug tot jou God!
As an Anglo, I feel terrible about what we did to the Boers.
Well said, i'm also half anglo half boer.
There is no nation on earth that does not have some blemish....South Africa can, however, consider it fortunate in that they followed the British rule of law and were able to establish the biggest economy in Africa partly due to the British help and influence. South Africans helped Britain in two wars to fight the Germans which is pretty amazing. Sadly it was also England that helped install the Marxist regime that runs that country now....runs being the operative word....into the ground with their senseless demonizing of the very people that build the country from nothing.
Thanks
@@tdevry A lot of what you say is true. But why should we be grateful? Do you think we could not progress on our own. And we did once we shed the yoke in 1910 and particularly in 1948.
@@davethorstry6700Economically, one cannot build a nation without knowhow, trade and electricity. If one looks at the South African economy today however, it is clear that maintaining those things I mentioned, is obviously as important. The economy is in shatters because the will and knowhow is crumbling. On it's own, without Britain, South Africa would have been as poor as Mozambique.
Haven't heard this version before. Last verse new to me.
Yes an awful, unjust war- and I'm a Brit/a Witsie - but husband's gt gt uncle died on St Helena, and others with our name, perhaps family, died in the Concentration camps.
Next week I shall be giving a public presentation in Devon, UK on this and will be making clear the horror of this war, and the guilt of the British- most especially Milner, Chamberlain, Roberts and Kitchener..
I get a strong sense of similarity between the boers and the confederates from the US civil war.
Sort of, eh? Except we weren't the only ones with slaves.
@@Joseph-pk7wu Not talking about slavery, just the similarity of a bunch of farmers fighting againts a superior industrial power, and the tough and gritty look of the boer soldiers.
@@Joseph-pk7wu yes. Modern slavery in the Arab world doesn't seem to raise many cries and moans in the west.
Wij leerden dit liedje op school
LE SANG DE LA FAMILLE DE L AMITIE ET DE LA RACE QUI LIE LES PARTISANS.
prachtig liedje
nee dit was pragtig*
Daniel Pienaar nee, dit was en is baie pragtig
Ja he
My Sarie Marais sal ek ooit weer kan sê:
O, my skat het ek weer gekry
In sonnergedal langs die mooirivier se wal
Het sy vir oorlog daar gebly
O bring my t'rug na die ou Transvaal, Daar waar my Sarie woon. Daar onder in die mielies by die groen doringboom, daar woon my Sarie Marais.
Oh, ek was so bang dat die Kakies my sou vang
En ver oor die see wegstuur;
Toe vlug ek na die kant van die Upington se sand
Daar onder by die Grootrivier.
O bring my trug na die ou Transvaal, Daar waar my Sarie woon. Daar onder in die mielies By die groen doringboom, daar woon my Sarie Marais.
Oh, die oorlog is nou klaar... (?)
O bring my trug na die ou Transvaal, Daar waar my Sarie woon. Daar onder in die mielies By die groen doringboom, daar woon my Sarie Marais.
groot liedjie ek hou regtig van die lirieke
slaap rustig dapper held....
hallo broers ek leer afrikaans almal sterkte
The lyrics are a bit different to we know as Sarie Marais today... Does anyone have a link to the original lyrics?
+david clingham Yes I Do David...See my Post on top
Does anyone have the guitar (?) chords for this amazing version of this amazing song?
F Bb C F
F Bb C F
Bb F F C
F Bb C F I think
trots op mijn nederland
Remember your history boets. When shtf you will hold your own..... as you always have done. I’ll be the first to join from overseas if it comes to it. The strength of the boer is quite an inspiration.
It's not long now. Factors are all converging to the collapse of the country. 2024 elections are going to get messy. Probably the last "real" election South Africa will have. But a nation will rise up from the ashes........
What an absolute vibe
Thinking about the late Anthony Quayle's 'singing' of bits of this(?) song in 'Ice Cold in Alex' brought me here...... :-)
How I long to live in the Old Republics today!!
Force aux afrikaners depuis la France
Seën die Voortrekkers!
A bit late with my comment, but I'm English and I lived in Pretoria in the 1970s. The Afrikaans- speakers in the cities were noticeably hostile to the English/British, but because of my father's work we came into contact with a lot of Boer farmers. They were always friendly and helpful, lovely people. I never understood this difference in attitude. They didn't stand to gain anything from my father's contact with them, yet they were so nice. Can anyone give me a reason for this difference between city folk and farmers? I've often wondered about it.
Maybe the farmers had a greater tie to their religion, Christians are often friendly people
@@rhysnichols8608 Perhaps the farmers understood more about struggle than the city folks. Struggle brings with it compassion and understanding.
Strangely enough I spoke to my mother about this yesterday. People in places like Upington or Cradock were always friendly and rather polite. Could it be that these communities, being somewhat isolated, relying on each other and less spoiled than people in Pretoria, understand life's hardships therefore making them more humble? I have never lived in Pretoria and somehow I do not think I would have felt comfortable there myself....
I have been living in the countryside in the Netherlands now for over thirty years and the difference between city people and country folk is also noticeable. I am always amazed at how hard the farmers work and the community sense that exists here. People in the cities often do not even know their neighbours.
lang leve de boeren
pragtig maat
I've got this song on a 78 rpm record. (Columbia WEA 196 LE. 13)
The label says: Chris A. Blignaut (Met Jansen Kwartet)
Not "The Melodians". Or is the Jansen Kwartet the same group?
Ongezellig 🇳🇱 Coco
Where do you find all this old music?
Julle misjust ons nog steeds, ons tyd kom weer viva die Afrikaner Volk
Those long stirrups - true horsemen. Hier en daar is daar paar wat nog so kan ry. Pas nie by enige perdesport nie. Dis hoe jy ry as jy rerig ry, dag in en uit.
My oupa groeitjie se pa was Sarel cilliers en ek ken hierdie tipe liedtjjes van klein af my ouers wil ons boere tradiesie sterk hou so ons leer die al van kleins af
Does anyone know a link to the lyrics to this version of the song? I can only find other versions and not this one.
My knowledge
0:07 Paul Kruger
0:18 J lemmer age 64,JDL Botha age 15,GJ Pretorius age 43
0:43 Boers of the Marico Commando(JDL Botha can be seen on the right,the 15 year old)
0:46 Boers at Spion Kop
1:36 A Boer Creusot 75mm gun
1:43 General Louis Botha
2:00 General Schalk Burger
Staan op, Suid Afrika!
Hulle het dit eens gedoen, hul kan weer. Jammer maar my Afrikaans is nie te goed nie. Engels sprekend met a Afrikaans moeder. Ek woon nou in the USA.
I discovered this song while reading a book❤.
#boerlivesmatter
Sorry if I gave the impression that the British Empire was alone in the unfortunate history of abuses by a ruling colonial empire. Throughout the age of colonialism there were many horrible abuses by the ruling powers, e.g., the Belgian atrocities.
The Roman Empire came close to being benevolent masters - but no people willingly give up their freedom.
Rose Lynn Mangan
+Rose Mangan the "Belgian atrocities" were committed when Congo was owned by King Leopold II, Belgian authorities (nor its people) had nothing to do with it. At the end of his life, Leopold was forced to give "his" Congo to the state of Belgium. The United Kingdom invented the concentration camps, the only way to win a war against the Boers, that's a unique fact in world history.
+Ko Ru
Whenever I read about African history - it breaks my heart. Forgive me, I did not want to open up fresh wounds.
Rose Lynn Mangan
Yep but it was us and now it is us again, were getting sick and tired of it.
Kudos aan jou! I'd love to know if you've tried or tried making regte, egte boerekos? Food that's particular to a language and culture is, like its music, the heart, soul and spirit of the culture. It's the distilled energy of the people and an excellent, profound auxillary to learning their language.
Sjoe! Ek verlang nou dikstukke.
beautiful
Transvaal and the Free State have definite parallels with the American Civil War which occured just 35 years before. When the Boers refused to capitulate after losing their cities they were headed straight for their very own Sherman's 'March to the Sea' and Sheridan's clearance of the Shenandoah Valley. Both events happened in 1864, so the Boer 'bitter-enders' should have had some idea of what they were calling on their women and children to endure. They'd already been rebuffed by all the powers of Europe that might have supported them, so only hatred and an over-arching belief in a religious miracle could have kept them going. Neither of which is something upon which to build a sound and independent country.
and do you know what is in wait for you and your womenfolk ?
Is this threat?
None of your business. Their country.
@@WetaMantis Could say the same of the Russian invasion of 'their' Ukraine province.
See an old black and white photo of Paul Kruger amongst the old photos!🤨🤠🔫🇿🇦
Molto bello 😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊
As ek net kon terug gaan in tyd wat n eer dit moes wees
"I found the Boers ("Boer" is the old Dutch name for "farmer"), taking their young and old, dwellers in towns and land workers, a more intelligent people than the corresponding classes in England, which would include English farmers and labourers. They are far more moral in their lives and more sincerely religious than the British people. Young Boers are better men in every respect - physically and morally - than young Englishmen; and more intelligent, speaking as they nearly all do two languages, Dutch and English; while in their character and behaviour, in living clean and sober lives, they are far above the personal and moral standard of the average young Englishman of any class. Boer women never become prostitutes."
Its not the old dutch name, but stil is the name for a farmer.
Where did you get the quote?
Beatiful Boer
pracht lied,liefdesnostalgie!
beaytiful, and i'm english
Cant find the lyrics! :(
jullie spreken de zelfde taal groetjes uit holland
BradBaard
No, we most certainly do not! Fuckoff Dutchman.
@Boerboel 1652 Ek sal so onbeskof wees met die drek wat die ANC befonds het as wat ek wil. Moenie goeie maniere op Nederlanders mors nie?
Nee, Afrikaans is geen nederlands, maar de taal van den vechtman
@@seamonster936 done some research ur eather half english or half dutch grote trek
en inderdaad je hoeft je niet onbeschoft tegaan gedragen
@@seamonster936 be rude man if it makes u feel better
❤
True bush warriors
The dutch were the first one to arrive to the cape
Outsider question: how do Black South Africans view this song?
Who the fuck cares about what they think
Forgive me my friend for my rather hurtful comment, I had a bad temperament then.
kan iemand asseblief die volledige lirieke post dankieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
Such a wonderful song! But, please, dont let the old hostilities be active in our todays living together. Sooner or later the future should be "self-determination". And therefore the two groups should be reconciled and in a spirit of brotherhood. The point is "self-determination". Probably the only chance for a half-decent SA...
That is exactly what the Afrikaans National party stood for. Constantly promoting unity and playing the Boer war down. Yet a very large section of English speaking South Africans undermined and even Sabotaged the system.
boer**