Marching To Pretoria 1939

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 30 Apr 2006
2006

I'm with you and you're with me,
and so we are all together,
so we are all together,
so we are all together.
Sing with me,
I'll sing with you,
and so we will sing together
as we march along.

We are marching to Pretoria,
Pretoria, Pretoria,
we are marching to Pretoria,
Pretoria, hurrah!

We have food'n 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,
and so let us sing together
as we march along.

We are marching to Pretoria,
Pretoria, Pretoria,
we are marching to Pretoria,
Pretoria, hurrah!

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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Marching To Pretoria 1939
taken from the Marais and Miranda book
of "World Folk Songs"
The author writes: In 1939 I introduced this song to
American Radio audiences over NBC's Blue Network.
Pretoria, of course, was the important objective of the
British during the Boer War of 1901, the last of the
so-called 'gentlemen's wars'. As both sides sang it, there
no recognisable set way of performance. I wrote
English verses and a definitive musical adaptation
which, to my delight, has captured the enthusiasm of
school and college students across the U.S.A.
© 1942 by G. Schirmer Inc.
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written at the request of Sol Zeller by
James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Sunday 30 April 2006 at 09.59
in association with Doug Grierson
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