Culture Publishing House Orchestra
Làng Tôi = My Village
Dihavina NMS 0001 · Hanoi, Vietnam
- Artist
- Culture Publishing House Orchestra
- Title
- Làng Tôi = My Village
- Release
- Quê Em = My Native Village
- Label
- Dihavina # NMS 0001
- Format
- LP · Album
- Language
- Instrumental
- Country
- Hanoi, Vietnam
- Songwriter
- Văn Cao
- Genre
- Vietnamese Music · Nhạc đỏ
- Primary theme
- Vietnamese Patriotic
Lyrics
English: My village is green with bamboo shade / Each bell ringing in the afternoon / The church bell ringing / Life was joyful in the beloved countryside / Areca palms' shade and a boat on the river But now it's gone, where is home / The day the French invaders burned the village and razed the hamlets / The roads flooded with bones and blood, all torn apart / Gardens bare, houses empty, all in ruins Since the French troops came / The afternoons lack the ringing bell / The church bell of old / My village joined the guerrilla band / Seizing the enemy's guns to avenge the past So much hatred, far from home / The evening forest misses the evening fields of old / Far from home among the old trees / The heart still feels the village's sorrow The day the French are crushed / Is when the bell will ring / The church bell will ring / My village will follow the victorious army / Crushing the enemy, back to our old village The people eagerly cut bamboo and break the bridges / Together building ramparts and digging deep tunnels / Until the enemy is crushed, the fight won't stop / The countryside welcomes tomorrow ____ Vietnamese: Làng tôi xanh bóng tre / Từng tiếng chuông ban chiều / Tiếng chuông nhà thờ rung / Đời đang vui đồng quê yêu dấu / Bóng cau với con thuyền một dòng sông Nhưng thôi rồi còn đâu quê nhà / Ngày giặc Pháp đốt làng triệt thôn / Đường ngập bao xương máu tơi bời / Vườn không nhà trống tàn hoang Từ khi quân Pháp qua / Chiều vắng tiếng chuông ngân / Tiếng chuông nhà thờ…
Notes
Dihavina NMS 0001, stereo, 33⅓ rpm; labels print "Nhà Xuất Bản Văn Hóa - Hà Nội Việt Nam" with side codes ME 137 (side A, also marked "78 1") and ME 138 (side B). The front cover, with a painted design of stylised flowers, is titled "Vietnamese Songs Without Words – Orchestra organized by 'Culture' Publishing House (Hanoi)" ("Bài ca không lời Việt Nam – Dàn nhạc do Nhà xuất bản Văn hóa tổ chức"). The back gives a bilingual Vietnamese/English tracklist of 13 instrumental pieces with composer, arranger and conductor for each: side A "Quê em" (Nguyễn Đức Toàn; arranged and conducted by Xuân Trường), "Hát lên em cô gái Thái Bình" (An Chung; arr. Huy Thư, cond. Đình Hùng), "Bài ca giao thông vận tải" (Hoàng Vân; arr. Hữu Bích, cond. Xuân Trường), "Làng tôi" (Văn Cao; arr. Huy Thư, cond. Xuân Trường), "Hai chị em" (Hoàng Vân), "Chào sông Mã anh hùng" (Xuân Giao; arranged and conducted by Trần…
About the artist
Various Artists
Themes
Vietnamese Perspective · Vietnamese Patriotic · First Indo-China War · Guerrilla Warfare · Civilian Casualties
From the release Quê Em = My Native Village