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Jims' Afrikaans recordings.

Posted by David MacBeth <iframe src='https://members3.boardhost.com/jimreeves/info/user=David+MacBeth' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on July 15, 2015, 10:51 am

Does anyone know the English lyrics to what Jim ACTUALLY sang?The reason I ask this is because,as an example 'Bolandse Nooienjie' is taken to mean 'Beautiful Dreamer',this is wrong however, beautiful dreamer in Afrikaans is 'Mooi Dromer',it is the right tune,there is no question about that, but 'Bolandse Nooienjie' translates as 'Invite One Bolandse' - Boland being a district in South Africa,so a 'Bolandse' would be 'a person from Boland'!
it is still wonderfully sung,but I am wondering,was someone deliberately getting him to sing 'alternate lyrics'!

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Posted by Larry Jordan <iframe src='https://members3.boardhost.com/jimreeves/info/user=Larry+Jordan' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on July 15, 2015, 3:06 pm, in reply to "Jims' Afrikaans recordings."

An interesting question. Gilbert Gibson of South Africa, who sent Jim the phonetic pronunciations of the songs so he could learn them both in written form and as audio demos (the latter of which I have), has commented wryly that Jim made some mistakes in how he pronounced things as well, but they left them in the songs as it was a bit of an inside joke and only endeared him further to South Africans who knew these were errors but laughed right along with them.

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Posted by Allen Chandler <iframe src='https://members3.boardhost.com/jimreeves/info/user=cibaperson' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on July 18, 2015, 7:17 pm, in reply to "Jims' Afrikaans recordings."

Just like Ek Verlang Na Jou is not I'm Crying Again. It means I Miss You. I'm Crying Again in Afrikaans is Ek Huil Weer.

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I just wanted to add that the only Afrikaans song title that translates correctly is Jy is My Liefling which means You Are My Love.

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Posted by Nico Declerck <iframe src='https://members3.boardhost.com/jimreeves/info/user=nicod98' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on July 19, 2015, 7:12 pm, in reply to "Re: Jims' Afrikaans recordings."

"Ek Verlang Na Jou" is not "I Miss You", but "I'm Longing For You".
It is very similar to present day Dutch, where it would be translated as "Ik Verlang Naar Jou".

To miss someone is a negative emotion, to long for someone is a positive ;-)

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