Songtexte Mrs. General Joubert - John Edmond

Wagon wheels are rolling and the grass is green and high;
Destination where the wide horizon meets the sky.
Little orphan girl was on that Voortrekker wagon train.
Raised by her grandparents - Drina was her name.
Saw death on all those journeys by wild attacking tribes.
Scenes like these should never be seen
through little childrens' eyes,
From Natal over the Drakensberg
to flee a murderous Zulu nation,
Back to the Cape then to Transvaal
shunning British domination.
She marries a soldier, Piet Joubert that came into her life;
becomes his confidant, his soul mate and his loving wife.
To Utrecht seeking solace but border issues loom;
Suffering adversity they move to Wakkerstroom.
The British they then annex their beloved old Transvaal;
Piet's called to Pretoria for his country's call to arms.
Drina said "be you President or General I'll be there.
In your laager, by your side I'll be your Mrs General Joubert".
To Europe and the Americas on many a deputation,
She follows Piet Joubert to protest British annexation.
In the South the clouds of war were building, unrest in the North;
The General beats the Brits and wins the war of Malapoch.
Drina drove a wagon full of arms to keep them from the foe,
Through the flooded river Vaal where no man would dare to go.
When the General feared they'd
raise the Union Jack on old Church Square.
"We'll fight the British to the end" said Mrs General Joubert.
Again in 1899 they fought the British might.
On patrol the General fell from his horse and later on he died.
Drina carried on his legacy and his policies;
Persauded all to talk of peace and cease hostilities.
Bittereinders they rebelled and were jailed in custody.
Drina led the protests through the streets
that secured their amnesty.
She died in 1916 this legend with no fear.
In Pretoria they buried Mrs General Joubert.
Adversity gave her courage, no challenge made her scare.
With what she'd seen and been through,
nothing could compare.
beneath her steadfast countenance, beneath that hard veneer,
Was the golden heart of a woman
they called Mrs General Joubert.
Wagon wheels are rolling and the grass is golden brown,
They moved her from Pretoria and they laid her body down.
At Rustfontein in a chapel, a resting place they share;
Commandant General Piet and Mrs General Joubert.
Hendrina Susanna, Johanna Joubert
Mrs. General Joubert.
Hendrina Susanna, Johanna Joubert
Mrs. General Joubert.

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