La pace nel Vietnam

Annotation — European Songs

La pace nel Vietnam (Trio Emiliano) The Peace in Vietnam - Italian folk music

Annotation by Justin A. Brummer

Lyrics

English: The storyteller Lina Boldrini / Who entertains the citizens / And now let's listen to / "Peace in Vietnam" / On the twenty-eighth of January, at one o'clock / The war in Vietnam came to an end / A peace agreement on earth / A relief for humanity / The conflict that shook the world / With fierce fighting, incendiary rockets and bombing raids / Serious damage, deaths, destruction / Serious damage, death and destruction / Listen to this fine song / Two million are the fallen / Five million refugees and displaced / Homeless, fled from the front / In the most squalid and miserable conditions / In Paris, peace conferences / Kissinger and Le Duc Tho / Said "no" to continuing the war / An agreement after a thousand meetings / Kissinger and Le Duc Tho / Said "no" to continuing the war / Peace in the world! / Delegates from various nations / Have committed themselves fully / To true peace in the world / Resolutions drafted at the table / The United States, Russia and China / In agreement with all nations / To study the conditions / For the reconstruction of Vietnam / To study the conditions / For the reconstruction of Vietnam / All united in brotherly love / To help that nation / In accord and in unity / In work, peace and freedom / The whole world sings the praises of peace / No more wars, no hate, no violence / The great leaders, their consciences / For the good of humanity / The great leaders, their consciences / For the good of humanity / Peace, work, joy and happiness…

Notes

Fonola NP 2137 (Fonotecnica Fonola, Milan), 45 rpm: "La pace nel Vietnam" (Piazza Marino), sung by Dina Boldrini with the Trio Emiliano, backed with "L'8 marzo – Festa internazionale della donna"; the sleeve photographs the trio with two accordions and a clarinet outside a farmhouse and lists Marino Piazza's other Fonola singles (NP 2065, 2066, 2069, 2114 "L'incontro Nixon-Mao", 2136, 2138). Issued after the January 1973 Paris agreement. [From the record sleeve and labels]

About the artist

Trio Emiliano - Emilian cantastorie trio of Dina Boldrini (accordion, vocals), Adelmo (clarinet) and the ballad singer Marino Piazza (accordion), recording for the Milan label Fonola.

Themes

Paris Peace Accords · Peace · Kissinger · Le Duc Tho · Refugees · Air War · Russia · China (Cold War)

In collections

European Songs · Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years] · Vietnamese Refugees & Boat People