Ag Pleez Deddy

"Ag Pleez Deddy" (also known as "The Ballad of the Southern Suburbs") is a classic South African song that employs black comedy from the 1960s by Jeremy Taylor, written by his greatest friend, Pip, killed in the Rhodesian guerilla war. Sung with a strong accent, it is full of references to places, brands, and entertainment popular among working-class white South Africans. The single sold more copies in South Africa than any single by Elvis Presley.

In the first four verses, a boy asks his father to take him and his friends to the drive in, fun fair, wrestling, and finally to Durban, with a chorus starting "Popcorn, chewing gum, peanuts and bubble gum". The father remains silent until the abortive fifth verse, when he shouts "Voetsek!" (South African slang for "get lost"). When the song resumes, the boy complains that since his father won't take him out, he will have to entertain himself by beating up the boys next door.

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