The Vietnamese National Song and Dance Ensemble

Bác Đang Cùng Chúng Cháu Hành Quân = Uncle, You Are Always Marching With Us

Dihavina · Hanoi, North Vietnam

Artist
The Vietnamese National Song and Dance Ensemble
Title
Bác Đang Cùng Chúng Cháu Hành Quân = Uncle, You Are Always Marching With Us
Release
Đường Chúng Ta Đi = The Way We Follow
Label
Dihavina
Format
LP · Album
Language
Vietnamese
Country
Hanoi, North Vietnam
Songwriter
Huy Thục
Genre
Vietnamese Music · Nhạc đỏ
Primary theme
Vietnamese Patriotic

Lyrics

English: Tonight on the march to the front / Endless columns of troops advance along Uncle's road / A thousand flowers of victory bloom, which we offer to you / And to the Party we offer all our shining faith The starred flag, determined to win, sparkles and lights the way for us, your grandchildren / Go, we go to liberate the South / While our homeland still lies in the shadow of the invaders / We will keep fighting to sweep them away / Uncle's words urge us on / Fighting for our homeland, North and South singing in harmony Years ago Uncle went on campaign with his children / The forest still remembers, the clear streams still reflect Uncle's image / The whole army followed you like a waterfall pouring down / At Điện Biên long ago Uncle's words echoed in the trenches Today the whole army still raises high the red flag Uncle gave us / Go, we go to liberate the South / While our homeland still lies in the shadow of the invaders / We will keep fighting to sweep them away / Uncle's words ring out the order to attack / Beloved Uncle is marching with us, his grandchildren Today Uncle calls, and the whole land answers / Bayonets raised, we charge, determined to advance and win / (Ah, bayonets raised, we charge) / The line of march climbs high mountain slopes past so many deep ravines / (We set out on the march, over high mountain slopes) / No hardship is as great as our sky-high hatred / (Through so many hardships, none as great as our hatred) Oh our South, raise high the bright…

About the artist

The national song and dance ensemble of Vietnam, Hanoi.

Themes

Vietnamese Perspective · Vietnamese Patriotic · Ho Chi Minh · Combat · Reunification · Battle of Dien Bien Phu

In collections

North Vietnamese Songs