Paroles et traduction David Kramer - Skipskop

Skipskop

Pak op, pak op
Sit jou goedjies op jou kop
More gaan ons weg,
Ver van hier weg
Skipskop, skipskop,
Wanneer hou die dinge op
Swaarkry le net voor
Die blou berge oor
Overberg se mens
Isse ek gebore,
Op die plek skipskop
Nes my pa en sy pa ook.
Hier deurie duine, loop onse spore
Hier op die beach
Hier langs die see is ek gedoop
Maar wat ken ek anders
As die bloudam se branders
Die wolke en die winde wat hier waai
Maar verkoop jou bootjie,
Pak op jou goedjies
En se maar so long skipskop,
Skipskop se goodbye
Linkerhand, o die regterhand
Wat se kant le die plek, misverstand
'Seblief meneer, ag se tog weer
Is dit die pad wat ons moet more vat
'N stukkie le hier en 'n stukkie le daar
Stukkies van my lewe hulle le deurmekaar
Tel op tel op vir shorty en vir pop
Gaan haal vir apie en hou daai kindjie dop
Maar wat ken ek anders
As die blou dam se branders
Die wolke en die winde wat hier waai
Pak op jou goedjies, pak op jou goedjies,
Se maar so long skipskop
Skipskop se goodbye
Se maar so long skipskop
Skipskop se goodbye

Skipskop

Pack up, pack up
Put your things on your head
Tomorrow we're going away,
Far away from here
Skipskop, skipskop,
When will this end
Hardship lies just ahead
Over the blue mountains
An Overberg person
That's where I was born,
In a place called skipskop
Like my father and his father too.
Through these dunes, our tracks run
Here on the beach
Here beside the sea I was baptized
But what else do I know
Than the blue dam's breakers
The clouds and the winds that blow here
But sell your boat,
Pack up your things
And say so long skipskop,
Skipskop's goodbye
Left-hand, oh the right-hand
Which way is the place, misunderstanding
'Please sir, oh please say again
Is this the road we should take tomorrow
A piece is here and a piece is there
Pieces of my life they're all over the place
Count up count up for shorty and for pop
Go fetch the monkey and watch that child
But what else do I know
Than the blue dam's breakers
The clouds and the winds that blow here
Pack up your things, pack up your things,
Say so long skipskop
Skipskop's goodbye
Say so long skipskop
Skipskop's goodbye