How about this song?
Sumi Lee
: Audio Engineer (acou...@world.std.com) wrote:
: : This will be a very hard song to identify. I heard it on the radio around
: : 1961 or 62 I believe. Lyrics went "March with me, I'll march with you and
: : we will march to Pretoria...". Who did it? Is it correct that its title is
: : "Marching to Pretoria"?
I'm with you and you're with me
And so we are off together
So we are off together
I'm with you and you're with me
And so we are off together
Marching as to war
We are marching to Pretoria
Pretoria, Pretoria
We are marching to Pretoria
Pretoria, Hoorah
At least that's how I think it went. I remember the tune better than the
words. We sang it in grade school. I think it might have been one of
those "socially significant" sort of songs. Possibly something was going
on in Pretoria at the time...
As well as I can remember the title was Marching to Pretoria
Sumi Lee
dnagamine
: This will be a very hard song to identify. I heard it on the radio around
: 1961 or 62 I believe. Lyrics went "March with me, I'll march with you and
: we will march to Pretoria...". Who did it? Is it correct that its title is
: "Marching to Pretoria"?
I think The Smothers Brothers do a song like that in their act.
Since they did a lot of parodies, it might be based on an old
folk song. Take a listen to the song on "Sibling Revelry"
available from Rhino Records.
Daryl Nagamine
tugger
> dnagamine (dnag...@bix.com) wrote:
> : Audio Engineer (acou...@world.std.com) wrote:
> : : This will be a very hard song to identify. I heard it on the radio aroun
> : : 1961 or 62 I believe. Lyrics went "March with me, I'll march with you an
> : : we will march to Pretoria...". Who did it? Is it correct that its title
s
> : : "Marching to Pretoria"?
> I'm with you and you're with me
> And so we are off together
> So we are off together
> I'm with you and you're with me
> And so we are off together
> Marching as to war
> We are marching to Pretoria
> Pretoria, Pretoria
> We are marching to Pretoria
> Pretoria, Hoorah
> At least that's how I think it went. I remember the tune better than the
> words. We sang it in grade school. I think it might have been one of
> those "socially significant" sort of songs. Possibly something was going
> on in Pretoria at the time...
> As well as I can remember the title was Marching to Pretoria
> Sumi Lee
Well, the song, I believe, was a folk song about civil rights. If I
am not mistaking, which I may be, Pretoria was in South Africa. I'll
have the words up in about a day but in the mean time, the version I
am most familiar with was sung by the Weavers so you might also be
able to find it under a Peter Seeger album. Again, give me a day and
I'll have more info for you!
Tugger
tugger
"Marching to Pretoria". It was not, as I originally thought, about
the civil rights movement. It was actually about the Boer War in
South Africa which occurred during the 1890's. Pretoria was the
adminstrative capitol of the time. The song was popularized by Josef
Marais, a South African folksinger. The Weavers later picked it up
and started singing not knowing what it meant until some twenty years
later. During their Carnegie Hall Volume 2 release, they explain all
this and invite the crowd to sing because its as easy as Row Row your
boat.
The Words are as follows:
chorus
We are marching to Pretoria
Pretoria, Pretoria
We are marching to Pretoria
Pretoria, Hooray!
Walk with me, I'll walk with you
so we we will walk together
as we march along..
chorus
Dance with me etc.
chorus
Drink with me etc.
chorus
substitute your own word
Tugger