2021.07.03.
Bye Bye My Darling
At his Crocodile River farmsteadHe also received the tide
It's war now Burgers(1), every man
Must saddle-up and ride
Sorry Mart my betrothed
But the Commando needs my gun
Bye bye my darling it's time to go
You must stay here alone with the harrowing moon
From the poor suburbs of Liverpool
The red coats stood in lines
Come fight in Africa for the name of your king
And greet well all your people
For they won’t see you soon
Bye bye my darling it's time to go
Hey ho hey ho boys it's a jolly good show!
It’s a bitter-cold wind that blows about tonight
Over the shallow graves in the open veld
Shelter for a camp child, maybe a rebel
I wonder what the wind does tell
Bye bye my darling it's time to go
In the middle nineteen seventies, the Yankees duped us well
Into Angola rapidly, and then stayed for too long
Fed Children to the money whore
The vultures scheme and plot
Bye bye my darling it's time to go
Tiny tin soldier, where are you now?
Tell me of Daljosafat where the clearest water runs
Tell me about South Africa
Baptized in fire and blood
Then tell me about the love
Between a woman and a man
Bye bye my darling it's time to go