"De la Rey" - Rare version, Lyrics and Translation

It's hard to get other versions of De la Rey, but we've decided to translate this one as the main song already has numerous translations online.

Written by Bok van Blerk, sung by Refentse

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Artwork:

Colorized by Tinus le Roux

LYRICS

Afrikaans:

Op 'n berg in die nag
Lê ons in donker en wag
In die modder en bloed lê ek koud
Streepsak en reën kleef teen my
En my huis en my plaas tot kole verbrand
Sodat hulle ons kan vang
Maar daai vlamme en vuur
Brand nou diep, diep binne my
De La Rey, De La Rey
Sal jy die Boere kom lei?
De La Rey, De La Rey
Generaal, Generaal
Soos een man, sal ons om jou val
Generaal De La Rey
Oor die Kakies wat lag
'n Handjie van ons teen 'n hele groot mag
En die kranse lê hier teen ons rug
Hulle dink dis verby
Maar die hart van 'n Boer
Lê dieper en wyer
Hulle gaan dit nog sien
Op 'n perd kom hy aan
Die Leeu van die Wes Transvaal
De La Rey, De La Rey
Sal jy die Boere kom lei?
De La Rey, De La Rey
Generaal, Generaal
Soos een man, sal ons om jou val
Generaal De La Rey
De La Rey, De La Rey sal jy die Boere kom lei?
De La Rey, De La Rey
Generaal, Generaal
Soos een man, sal ons om jou val
Generaal De La Rey
Want my vrou en my kind
Lê in 'n kamp en vergaan
En die Kakies se murg loop oor
'n Nasie wat weer op sal staan
De La Rey, De La Rey
Sal jy die Boere kom lei?
De La Rey, De La Rey
Generaal, Generaal
Soos een man, sal ons om jou val
Generaal De La Rey
De La Rey, De La Rey
Sal jy die Boere kom lei?
De La Rey, De La Rey
Generaal, Generaal
Soos een man, sal ons om jou val
Generaal De La Rey
Generaal, Generaal
Sal jy die Boere kom haal?

English:

On a mountain in the night

We lie in darkness and wait

In the mud and the blood I lay cold,

grain bags and rain cling to me



And my house and my farm burnt to coals

so they could catch us

But those flames and fire now burns deep, deep within me



De La Rey, De La Rey would you come lead the Boers?

De La Rey, De La Rey

General, General as one man we'd fall around you

General De La Rey



Hear the Khakis laughing

A handful of us against a great might

And the mountains lay here to our backs

They think its over


But the heart of a Boer lies deeper and wider

they'll still see it!

On a horse he comes, the Lion of the West Transvaal


De La Rey, De La Rey would you come lead the Boers?

De La Rey, De La Rey

General, General as one man we'd fall around you

General De La Rey



Because my wife and my child lay dying in a (concentration) camp

And the Khakie's ire runs over a nation that will rise again!



De La Rey, De La Rey would you come lead the Boers?

De La Rey, De La Rey

General, General as one man we'd fall around you

General De La Rey

De La Rey, De La Rey would you come lead the Boers?

De La Rey, De La Rey

General, General as one man we'd fall around you

General De La Rey

General! General! Will you save the Boers?

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