Oh, Brandy, Leave Me Alone
CHO: Oh, brandy, leave me alone,
Oh, brandy, leave me alone,
Oh, brandy, leave me alone:
Remember, I must go home.
My sweetheart would never know me
If she could only see me now,
With a drink in my hand,
And a frown on my brow.
(chorus)
I tried talking to her father
To put a good word in for me,
But her father said,
"No, sir, You're no son for me."
(chorus)
THe song you are looking for is O BRANDEWYN LAAT MY STANN The book is
Suid-Afrika se eie Lieddjies= South Africa's own songs The problem is
that they only give the chorus as follows and none of the verses. Over there
it is one of the old trad songs equal to On Top of Old Smokey [AS]
O brandewyn laat my Staan (3x)
want ek wil nou Huis toe Gaan
THis translates as
O Brandy wine let me stand
what I will now house to go
[ I now want to go home]
BS
APR99
Thanks to Mudcat for the Digital Tradition!