Jan van der Merwe when he was very young
He got abducted by a big bobjan
He was playing in the field all alone under the tree
And the bobjan took him and said come with me

Jan was scared he said, ag please bobjan, take me back to my father, I am his only son
But the bobjan laughed and said ag please
I will be your father you will come with me

You will eat like a bobjan, drink like a bobjan, sleep like a real bobjan
You will cry like a bobjan, love like a bobjan, run like a real bobjan
You will fight like a bobjan, shout like a bobjan, sing like a real bobjan
And if anybody ask you what is your name you will say your name is Bobjan

Jan was crying everyday he was wanting to go back home
But the bobjan said he must stop to cry he musn’t be so alone
He must play and sing with the other bobjan
He will see they are all very nice
He must eat the banana, he must climb in the tree, he must catch for him some lice

You will eat like a bobjan, drink like a bobjan, sleep like a real bobjan
You will cry like a bobjan, love like a bobjan, run like a real bobjan
You will fight like a bobjan, shout like a bobjan, sing like a real bobjan
And if anybody ask you what is your name you will say your name is Bobjan

One day Jan was sitting in a tree still wanting to go back home
He was missing his father, he was missing his mother, he was missing his best friend Joe
And the bobjan said hey Jan my son, it is time for you to go
You are missing your father, you are missing your mother, you are missing your best friend Joe

You will eat like a bobjan, drink like a bobjan, sleep like a real bobjan
You will cry like a bobjan, love like a bobjan, run like a real bobjan
You will fight like a bobjan, shout like a bobjan, sing like a real bobjan
And if anybody ask you what is your name you will say your name is Bobjan

Jan was happy, but also sad, he was leaving his friends behind
He was starting to feel like a real bobjan in his body and in his mind
He was running back home like a real bobjan, with his hands and his feets on the ground
Shouting and crying like a real bobjan, with a real bobjan sound

You will eat like a bobjan, drink like a bobjan, sleep like a real bobjan
You will cry like a bobjan, love like a bobjan, run like a real bobjan
You will fight like a bobjan, shout like a bobjan, sing like a real bobjan
And if anybody ask you what is your name you will say your name is Bobjan

Back home his mother and his father is stressed, their son is a different man
He eats like a bobjan, drinks like a bobjan, sleeps like a bobjan can
And they ask him son what is your name and he says my name is bobjan
And they say no son your name is Jan no my name is Bobjan

I will eat like a bobjan, drink like a bobjan, sleep like a real bobjan
I will cry like a bobjan, love like a bobjan, run like a real bobjan
I will fight like a bobjan, shout like a bobjan, sing like a real bobjan
And if anybody asks me what is my name I will say my name is Bobjan

Now Jan is working 9 to 5 in a office in Joburg East
He also have a wife and lots of kids and every time they have a feast
Jan's wife, she asks him nice, please behave tonight
Then he says, my wife, I am a man in my heart, but a bobjan in my mind

I will eat like a bobjan, drink like a bobjan, sleep like a real bobjan
I will cry like a bobjan, love like a bobjan, run like a real bobjan
I will fight like a bobjan, shout like a bobjan, sing like a real bobjan
And if anybody ask me what is my name I will say my name is Bobjan

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