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Word: volksliederen (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Usage:

...oceans. "We have come to sing," announced a spokesman. Mrs. Strydom invited the crowd inside, ordered the kitchen blacks to prepare coffee and Boerebiskuit (Afrikaans for shortbread) for all. As the Prime Minister came into the hall a moment later, the visitors broke into old Boer war songs-the Volksliederen of the Transvaal and the Orange Free State. Then the Senate's only woman member, Mrs. M.D.J. Koster, spoke her thanks to the white race's savior: "Every white woman and every white mother thanks you from the depths of her heart." Deeply moved, Strydom wiped a tear...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Party at Groote Schuur | 3/12/1956 | See Source »

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