Paroles et traduction Refentse - Stuur Groete Aan Mannetjies Roux (with Laurika Rauch)

Stuur Groete Aan Mannetjies Roux (with Laurika Rauch)

My oom se motor is 'n ou masjien
Hy maak dit vol met diesolien
En hy sing in die strate as hy ons kom sien
My oom is oud en ek is skaars dertien

My oom drink koffie en my tannie tee
Ek vra oor die reen en hy se ja-nee
En hy drink soet koffie met sy een oog toe
En hy praat weer oor die drie van Mannetjies Roux

O stuur ons net so 'n bietjie reen
My oom het tenk vol diesolien
En seen my pa
En seen my ma
En my oom op sy plaas in Afrika

My oom het gesukkel op die plaas
Want die son was te warm
En die reen te skaars
En die man van die bank het net sy kop geskud
Want my oom, ja my oom was te diep in die skuld

My oom so motor is 'n ou masjien
Hy maak dit vol met diesolien
En hy ry na die lande in die oggend dou
Die lande vaal en sy oe grou

As jy in die oggend na die lande stap
Hoor jy nog sy motor met die klap-klap-klap
Maar my oom, ja my oom se oe is nou albei toe
In sy brief stuur hy groete aan Mannetjies Roux

Send My Greetings to Mannetjies Roux (with Laurika Rauch)

My uncle's car is an old machine
He fills it up with diesel fuel
And he sings in the streets when he comes to see us
My uncle is old and I am barely thirteen

My uncle drinks coffee and my aunt tea
I ask about the rain and he says yes and no
And he drinks his sweet coffee with one eye closed
And he talks again about the three of Mannetjies Roux

Oh send us just a little bit of rain
My uncle has a tank full of diesel fuel
And greet my father
And greet my mother
And my uncle on his farm in Africa

My uncle struggled on the farm
Because the sun was too hot
And the rain too scarce
And the man from the bank just shook his head
Because my uncle, yes my uncle was too deep in debt

My uncle's car is an old machine
He fills it up with diesel fuel
And he drives to the fields in the morning dew
The fields are pale and his eyes are blurry

If you walk to the fields in the morning
You can still hear his car with the bang-bang-bang
But my uncle, yes my uncle's eyes are both closed now
In his letter he sends his greetings to Mannetjies Roux