MARCHING TO PRETORIA

This is a song written, pre-apartheid, and refers to the long trek to Pretoria (the Capital of

South Africa). The people had nothing, but they had each other and that was what was

important. The Afrikaners were traditionally called Boers in the past. This term isn’t used

very often any more however and in some parts can even be considered an unacceptable

term. Funny…we were all singing this in my school in 1973, and we didn’t even know

what it meant?.

I’m with you and you’re with me

And so we’re all together.

So we’re all together

Sing with me, I’ll sing with you

And so we will sing together

As we march along.

Cho: We are marching to Pretoria, Pretoria, Pretoria

We are marching to Pretoria, Pretoria today.

We have food, the food is good,

And so we will eat together.

So we will eat together

So we will eat together.

When we eat, ’twill be a treat,

So let us sing together

As we march along:

(make up verses

Banjo Mountain