自由ヴェトナム行進曲 [Free Vietnam March]

Annotation — Japanese Songs

This is a different series to above, which translates as "Let's Spread the Song of Peace to 10 million People", with this one focused on Vietnam, with the subtitle "ベトナム特集" ("Special feature on Vietnam") (Center Record # ARI-337). .A1| 自由ベトナム行進曲 ("Free Vietnam March") A2| 南ベトナムを解放しよう("Let's Liberate South Vietnam") A3| われらの行手に勝利あり("Victor Is On Our Way") B1| ベトナムの乙女たち ("Vietnamese Maidens") B2| 作業場の休憩 ("Work Place Break") B3| おい仲間たち ("Hey Friends")

Annotation by Justin A. Brummer

Lyrics

Japanese: 若いわれら人民のため 希望のみちひらく 自由のくにとり返すまで 強く斗うわれら

Notes

Center Sonopiece series No. 15, "ベトナム特集" (Vietnam Special), red flexi-disc, 33⅓ rpm, "音楽センター制作"; side A: 自由ベトナム行進曲, 南ベトナムを解放しよう, われらの行手に勝利あり; side B: ベトナムの乙女たち, 作業場の休憩, おい仲間達; chorus 中央合唱団, conductors 関鑑子 and 井上頼豊. The front is a colour photograph of a Vietnamese women's march with flags, raised fists and placards reading "Đế quốc Mỹ cút khỏi miền Nam Việt Nam"; the back lists the Center Sonopiece series Nos. 1–15 (¥200) and Ongaku Center, 西大久保3-67, 新宿区, Tokyo. The lyric sheet, printed over a photograph of a mass rally, gives 南ベトナムを解放しよう as "南ベトナム解放歌" with Japanese words by 関鑑子 and accompaniment by the Center Ensemble, and ベトナムの乙女たち as a "ベトナム歌曲" translated by 関鑑子, accompaniment 松永勇次, conductor 関鑑子. The notes say 南ベトナムを解放しよう is, with 自由ベトナム行進曲, among the most sung songs of North and South; われらの行手に勝利あり is one of some ten solidarity songs written in Japan in 1965, words by a Nagoya Dentsu…

Themes

Vietnamese Perspective · Vietnamese Patriotic · Ho Chi Minh · Freedom & Liberty · Anti-Imperialism

In collections

Japanese Songs · North Vietnamese Songs