Die lappop
Doris Brasch Lyrics

Iemand het 'n lappop op die ashoop weg gegooi
Someone threw a rag doll on the garbage heap

Sy was gedaan en stukkend, verbleek en nie meer mooi nie
She was worn out and broken, faded and no longer beautiful

Op die ashoop hoor sy stemme praat en die verwelkom haar
On the garbage heap, she hears voices speak and they welcome her

Maar, o, ellende toe sy kyk, wat sien die lappop daar?
But, oh, misery when she looks, what does the rag doll see there?

Net 'n vrot pampoen en 'n stukkende skoen
Just a rotten pumpkin and a broken shoe

'n Grammefoonplaat en 'n kous sonder maat
A gramophone record and a sock without a match

Net 'n leë bottel bier, 'n verlepte angelier
Just an empty bottle of beer, a withered carnation

'n Gelapte binneband en 'n ou koerant
A patched inner tube and an old newspaper

Ag hoe droewig voel die lappop toe sy alleen daar lê
Oh, how sad the rag doll feels when she lies there alone

Want sy weet dat niemand ooit vir haar, vir lapop meer wil hê nie
Because she knows that nobody will ever want her, a rag doll, anymore

'n Traan loop oor haar lappop wang want dit begin te reën
A tear runs down her rag doll cheek because it begins to rain

En daar lê sy ou lapoppie, op die ashoop so alleen
And there she lies, the old rag doll, on the garbage heap so alone

Ag nee wat sê die lappop, ek soek 'n ander oord
Oh no, what does the rag doll say, I'm looking for a different place

Wat sal die wêreld van my dink, want soort jy weet, soek soort
What will the world think of me, because you know, like seeks like

Ag almal wil vir lappop troos en soebat sy moet bly
Oh everyone wants to comfort the rag doll and beg her to stay

Hulle sê dis die mooiste ashoop die, wat 'n mens nog ooit kan kry
They say it's the most beautiful garbage heap, that a person could ever find

Al die goeters op die ashoop hou gou vergadering
All the objects on the garbage heap quickly hold a meeting

En besluit vir lappop te bekroon as die ashoop koningin
And decide to crown the rag doll as the garbage heap queen

Van toe af bly die lappoppie so trots, tevrede daar
From then on, the little rag doll stays proud and content there

En al haar onderdane bedien getrou vir haar
And all her subjects faithfully serve her

Ja die vrot pampoen en die stukkende skoen
Yes, the rotten pumpkin and the broken shoe

Die grammefoonplaat en die kous sonder maat
The gramophone record and the sock without a match

Ja die leë bottel bier, die verlepte angelier
Yes, the empty bottle of beer, the withered carnation

Die gelapte binneband en die ou koerant
The patched inner tube and the old newspaper