Culture Publishing House Orchestra
Chào Sông Mã Anh Hùng = Hello Heroic Ma River
Dihavina NMS 0001 · Hanoi, Vietnam
- Artist
- Culture Publishing House Orchestra
- Title
- Chào Sông Mã Anh Hùng = Hello Heroic Ma River
- Release
- Quê Em = My Native Village
- Label
- Dihavina # NMS 0001
- Format
- LP · Album
- Language
- Instrumental
- Country
- Hanoi, Vietnam
- Songwriter
- Xuân Giao
- Genre
- Vietnamese Music · Nhạc đỏ
- Primary theme
- Vietnamese Patriotic
Lyrics
English: Waiting for the wind to rise to carry the boat (ờ ơ ớ) downstream / On both banks of the Mã River leaves and flowers show off their colours (ơ) / Hò ờ ơ ớ ơi, beloved homeland / The afternoon sun lingers on the areca shade of the dear village (hờ ơ ớ) Ơ, waves lap the oars, our village fades fondly into the distance / Ơ, O river of home, tell me how many heroes are here (hò ơ dô) / Ơ, young men and women in their twenties, arms tempered like steel / Ơ, fighting the enemy day and night, bombs can't silence their songs of love for life (hò ơ dô khoan) The Hàm Rồng bridge stands towering / Reflected in the broad flowing Mã River (ơ) / Oh our homeland, so dearly loved / The river echoes with heroic songs (ơ) Majestic beside Hàm Rồng / The areca and banana trees of the Nam Ngạn bank are fresh and green (ơ) / The name of the militia girl, proud and fearless / Will ring forever with the heroic Mã River (ơ) / Hò ơi ơ ớ dô khoan, ơ ớ dô khoan Hò, ờ ơ ớ ơi, gently pull the oar (ờ ơ ớ ơ) / We salute the Mã River, steadfast forever (ơ) / Salute the militia girl guarding our home (ờ ơ ớ ơ) / So our boat can always glide on the river under the clear autumn sky (hờ ơ ớ) Ơ, this heroic land has buried so many American invaders here / Ơ, O river, we swear that even in storms we'll hold the oars firm (hò ơ dô) / Ơ, rice fills the green banks, our village still ploughs and plants happily / Ơ, all you who pass up and down, stop to hear the villagers' song of a bumper harvest (hò ơ dô…
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 · Air War · Women Fighters · Anti-American
From the release Quê Em = My Native Village