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THE HISTORY BEHIND THE SARIE MARAIS FOLK SONG

“Sarie Marais’ is a traditional South African folk song, created during the Anglo-Boer War (1899-1902). In 1901 or 1902, in a farmhouse near Vryheid or Utrecht, soldiers of General Louis BOTHA’s commando gathered around a piano. The piano player was Read more…