Global InformationAg Pleez Deddy information
| "Ag Pleez Deddy" | |
|---|---|
| Single by Jeremy Taylor | |
| B-side | "Jo'burg Talking Blues" |
| Released | 1962 |
| Genre | Folk, children's |
| Label | Gallotone PD 7-8531 |
| Songwriter(s) | Jeremy Taylor |
"Ag Pleez Deddy" (also known as "The Ballad of the Southern Suburbs") is a South African song written and recorded by Jeremy Taylor, and released in 1962.[1][2] It was written for the stage show Wait a Minim!, and has been described as the musical's "showpiece".[3] It provides a light-hearted insight into the lives of young white working-class South Africans, whose outlook has absorbed both English-language and Afrikaans influences, along with a fascination with consumer culture. On the surface a children's song, it became broadly popular.
- ^ "Folk Song a hit in South Africa". New York Times. July 22, 1962.
- ^ Taylor, Jeremy (1992). Ag Pleez Deddy!, Songs and Reflections. Pretoria, SA: Jeremy Taylor Publishing.
- ^ Heywood, Christopher (2004). A History of South African Literature. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 172. ISBN 9780521554855.