The McDougals - Oh, Brandy Leave Me Alone

An old South African folk song. Not many versions of this out there! I understand that in South Africa it's like "On Top of Old Smokey" over here. I got it from the Old Town School of Folk Music Songbook in about 1974. Let me know what you know about this one....

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Music

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• The McDougals
• Mike McDougal
• Mississippi Flanagan
• The Buzzards
• Josef Marais
• Marais and Miranda
• Oh Brandywyn Laat My Stann
• Suid-Afrika se eie Lieddjies
• South Africa's Own Songs
• South Africa
• On Top of Old Smokey

[butterflydrum]

realy realy lovely

[ignatzparsignatz]

@butterflydrum

Thank you!

[buffelbout]

Very nice, well done. I enjoyed watching.

[ignatzparsignatz]

@buffelbout

We appreciate hearing from you!

Thanks for the nice comment.

[mentoringme]

Great stuff! I remember my parents and their friends singing this together when I was a kid.

[ignatzparsignatz]

@mentoringme Thanks for the nice story.  That's what this is all about!

[sonyahannah]

Had NO idea that this was an African folk song! Thanks to the singer AND the uploader; I've liked this song for decades without knowing the truth about it. Lovely version.

[larrysmusic1952]

Aloha my friends! I love the lush accompaniment 12 and Accordion. Me ke aloha pumehana

[dongreenwood]

Very sweet! I always enjoy hearing you two. Now I don't have to wait for the Saturday after Thanksgiving at the G Store.

Thanks for posting some great music.