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Vietnamese Refugees & Boat People

82 songs · chronological within each section · A–Z by artist
Annotations and notes by Justin A. Brummer
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A collection of songs and spoken-word recordings about Vietnamese refugees: those displaced during the war, the evacuation of 1975, and the boat people who fled Vietnam after the war
This forms part of the larger Vietnam War Song Project, an interpretive examination of over 6,500 Vietnam War songs identified, revealing how the war's significance is represented through music. The project also collects spoken-word recordings about the conflict. This unique collection of voices advances scholarship by providing insights into people’s views about the war over time as represented in music, looking at diverse communities and vibrant music scenes. It is crucial in developing our knowledge of the war and the humanities, through the use of a digital research platform.
Also see the related collection:
• Amerasians, Orphans & Vietnamese Children
Note: The VWSP has identified, to date, 80+ songs about Vietnamese refugees and the boat people.
Citation: Justin A. Brummer, Vietnam War Song Project (VWSP) — Vietnamese Refugees & Boat People, vietnamwarsongproject.com/list/vietnamese-boat-people-refugee-crisis, accessed 12 November 2026

Context

Beyond Refugees and Vietnamese Perspective, the songs in this collection most often also deal with: Vietnamese Children, Child, Benefit Record, Fall of Saigon.
The war displaced millions of people inside South Vietnam, as villages were bombed, cleared or fought over. At the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975, around 130,000 Vietnamese were evacuated to the United States. From 1978, hundreds of thousands more left by sea in small, overcrowded boats, fleeing re-education camps, economic hardship and, for many ethnic Chinese Vietnamese, persecution. They faced storms, hunger and pirates in the South China Sea; the UN refugee agency estimates that between 200,000 and 400,000 died at sea.

The "boat people" became an international crisis. Countries in the region pushed boats back or held refugees in camps, while Western governments agreed to resettle them at a UN conference in Geneva in July 1979. The camps in Hong Kong and Southeast Asia stayed open into the 1990s; the last in Hong Kong closed in 2000.

Time Period & Criteria

The usual criteria for songs released during the key war years (1964-1975) are those mentioning Vietnam, or whose lyrics deal with war-related themes. For this collection, the song is about Vietnamese refugees: civilians displaced during the war, the evacuation of 1975, the boat people and their resettlement abroad. The time period runs from 1966 to the present. Songs about Vietnamese children and orphans who were not refugees are in the Amerasians, Orphans & Vietnamese Children collection.

Structure

Divided by period, and chronological within each section. Records of unknown date are at the end of the Boat People section.

Highlights

The VWSP has identified 80+ songs about Vietnamese refugees, most of them from the boat people crisis of the late 1970s and 1980s. Many were benefit records made in Europe, Australia and North America to raise money for rescue ships and resettlement, and several were sung by refugees themselves, such as the Vietnamese refugee children's choir in West Germany in 1979. The musical Miss Saigon (1989) brought the story to the stage.

(1) The War Years: Refugees & Children (1966–1974)

During the war, records in Europe, Australia and Japan raised money for refugees and for children made homeless by the fighting, or told their stories.

1966

#1 Robert de Vries Luchtbrug naar het leven: Robert de Vries leest uit "Kinderen" van Simon Carmiggelt 1966 · Single · Luchtbrug naar het leven: Actie ter redding van kinderen uit Vietnam · Dankers # RC 155 · Netherlands
Credited on the record as Robert de Vries leest uit "Kinderen" van Simon Carmiggelt.
Notes
Dutch spoken word - to raise money for children in Vietnam.
Charity record.

Air Bridge To Life: Robert De Vries Reads From Children Of Simon Carmiggelt

Actie ter redding van kinderen uit Vietnam (Vries, Robert de)
Action to save children from Vietnam

"Of the sales price, being f 3.50, at least € 2.50 per plate will be paid by us to the action' Air bridge to life"
Notes
"Aktieplaat Luchtbrug naar het Leven — actie ter redding van kinderen uit Vietnam": Dankers N.V. (Coolsingel, Rotterdam) RC 155, 45 rpm, sold at f 3.50 with at least f 2.50 a copy going to the Luchtbrug naar het Leven (airlift to life) appeal for Vietnamese children; made with the unpaid help of Simon Carmiggelt, Robert de Vries, SIEGRO Studio Rotterdam, De Arbeiderspers, ROCKA Rotterdam and Bovema.

Both sides are Robert de Vries reading from Carmiggelt's "Kinderen" — the readings themselves are not about Vietnam; the war is the purpose of the record.

The cover is Kyoichi Sawada's "Flight to Safety", the World Press Photo of 1965 (a mother and children swimming a river under fire); the back carries an appeal by Louis Sinner, editor of the Algemeen Dagblad: why must we protect our children here from a surfeit of sweets and toys while children in Vietnam die because no one can care for them — we have made the world small with jets and satellites, yet it stays so large that the well-off must watch children starve; an airlift to life is being built — let us build it. [From the record sleeve and labels]

1969

#2 高橋俊行 [Toshiyuki Takahashi] なんにもしねえのによ [Though We Didn't Do Anything] 1969 · Single · なんにもしねえのによ / 廃虚のひかり · CBS/Sony # SONA 86071 · Japan
Credited on the record as 高橋俊行.
Notes
Sung in rough rural dialect from a Vietnamese child's perspective: village burned in the evening, parents killed before his eyes 'though we didn't do anything'; flees with his little sister along the Mekong, both starving; refuses to cry 'because I'm a man'; final verse (printed but not sung on the record, per sleeve) addresses his dead parents - 'if there'd been no war, the four of us could have lived together'.

Full lyrics and lead sheets on back cover. Arranged by 土田啓四郎 (Keishiro Tsuchida). (C)1969 Far East Music Publisher.
#3 Sister Joan Davies Vietnam Voices 1969 · Single · Australian Inter-Church Aid # CC1166 · Australia
Credited on the record as Sister Joan Davies and the children of Vietnam.
Notes
- Australian, narration
- Featured Vietnamese children singing
- Christian in Vietnam, refugee team, medical work

- One-sided 33 rpm flexi disc issued by Australian Inter-Church Aid for the Christmas Bowl appeal as a Sunday School teachers' aid, bringing the comic strip "Vietnam Nurse" to life: Joan Davies talks about her work, and Vietnamese children sing folk songs and a Vietnamese Lord's Prayer. Manufactured by Ambassador Records, Sydney. Year from the sleeve text (she returned to Vietnam early in 1969; "she's still there today").

Australian Inter-Church Aid one-sided black flexi disc, speed 33⅓ r.p.m., "Manufactured in Australia by Ambassador Records, Sydney"; gatefold-style sleeve titled "Vietnam Voices — Sister Joan Davies and the children of Vietnam — A Sunday School Teachers' Aid", with the "Give to the Christmas Bowl" emblem (two hands holding a bowl) and photographs of Joan Davies tending a boy's eye and of four Vietnamese boys.

Inside, under "A Comic Strip Comes to Life", the text explains that this year's Christmas Bowl message reaches Sunday School children as the comic strip "Vietnam Nurse", the adventures of Sister Joan Davies in Vietnam, and that the record, used with the Christmas Bowl children's poster, has Joan herself talking about healing and caring in an active war zone, with Vietnamese children singing folk songs and a Vietnamese version of the Lord's Prayer; a comic panel shows her saying "Lie back now — we'll soon have you feeling better!" with the caption "But as soon as she was better, Joan went back to work.

She's still there today — helping and healing the people of war-torn Vietnam."

The back describes her as the widow of a Methodist minister and a nursing sister with an Asian Christian Service refugee team, wounded in a Viet Cong mortar raid in 1968 and back at work early in 1969, and says the Christmas Bowl supports agricultural, refugee resettlement, disaster relief and evangelistic projects in developing nations. [From the record sleeve and labels]

1973

#4 Der Naher Kinderchor Die schönsten Kinderlieder (Friedenshilfe Vietnam) 1973 · Album · Die schonsten kinderlieder: Friedenshilfe Vietnam · Metronome [Hamburg] # TDH 7501 · Germany
Credited on the record as Hans-Joachim Kulenkampff präsentiert für Terre des Hommes: Der Naher Kinderchor.
Quote
"The most beautiful children's songs: Peace aid Vietnam"

Charity record.
Children
Vietnamese refugees
Notes
Terre des Hommes "Friedenshilfe Vietnam" benefit LP presented by the television host Hans-Joachim Kulenkampff: 16 German folk and children's songs (Volksweisen, arr. Bernd Popp); the back sleeve describes Terre des Hommes' work with 1,500 Vietnamese orphans, its Saigon clinic, the 172 sick and wounded children flown to West Germany 1967-70 and the 20 paraplegic children at its Bad Oeynhausen centre; cover photo Lummer/Schuster, wheelchair photo Georg Fischer.

No song is about the war. [From the record sleeve and labels]
#5 Trio Emiliano La pace nel Vietnam 1973 · Single · La pace nel Vietnam / L'8 Marzo - Festa Internazionale Della Donna · Fonola # NP 2137 · Italy
Credited on the record as Allegri cantastorie Trio Emiliano: Dina Boldrini, Adelmo e Piazza Marino; canta Dina Boldrini.
Notes
La pace nel Vietnam (Trio Emiliano)

The Peace in Vietnam - Italian folk music
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]
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
Italian
La cantastorie Lina Boldrini
Che diverte i cittadini
Ed ora ascoltiàm
"La pace nel Vietnàm"
Il ventotto gennaio, ore una
Nel Vietnàm è cessata la guerra
Un accordo di pace sulla terra
Un sollievo per l'umanità
Il conflitto che ha sconvolto il mondo
Per atroci combattimenti razzi incendiari e bombardamenti
Gravi danni, morti, distruzion
Gravi danni, morte e distruzion
Ascoltate questa bella canzon
Due milioni sono i caduti
Cinque milioni di profughi e sbandati
Senza casa dal fronte scappati
Nella più squallida e misera condizion
A Parigi conferenze di pace
Kissinger e Le-Duc Tho
Di proseguir la guerra han detto "no"
Un accordo dopo mille riunion
Kissinger e Le-Duc Tho
Di proseguir la guerra han detto "no"
Pace nel mondo!
Delegati di diverse nazioni
Impegnati si sono a fondo
Per una vera pace nel mondo
A tavolino le risoluzion
Gli Stati Uniti, la Russia e la Cina
In accordo con tutte le nazione
Per studiare le condizione
Per il Vietnàm la ricostruzion
Studiare le condizioni
Per il Vietnam la ricostruzion
Tutti uniti con amore fraterno
Per l'aiuto a quella nazione
Nell'accordo e nell'unione
Nel lavoro pace e libertà
Tutto il mondo inneggia alla pace
Non più guerre, né odio, né violenze
I grandi capi, le loro coscienze
Per il bene dell'umanità
I grandi capi, le loro coscienze
Per il bene dell'umanità
Pace, lavoro, allegria e felicità
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1974

#6 朝倉理恵 [Rie Asakura] ダーちゃんどこへ行く [Da-chan, Where Are You Going?] 1974 · Single · ダーちゃんどこへ行く / 鐘を鳴らすのはだれ · CBS/Sony # SOLB-167 · Japan
Credited on the record as 朝倉理恵.
Notes
Released 1 August 1974. Based on Katsumoto Saotome's children's book ベトナムのダーちゃん (Da-chan of Vietnam). Addressed to a Vietnamese war-orphan girl: barefoot and alone, dreaming of her homeland's blue sky; her mother 'became a star'; urged to endure poverty and walk on until she can return home, where the girls will one day make flowers bloom on the ravaged land. Lyrics 岩谷時子 (Tokiko Iwatani), arr. 青木望 (Nozomu Aoki). B-side 鐘を鳴らすのはだれ (same writers).

(2) The Fall of Saigon & Evacuation (1975–1977)

The North Vietnamese offensive of spring 1975 ended with the fall of Saigon. Around 130,000 Vietnamese were evacuated to the United States, passing through camps on Guam and at bases such as Camp Pendleton and Fort Chaffee before resettlement.
  • April 1975: Operation Babylift flies children out of South Vietnam
  • 29-30 April 1975: Operation Frequent Wind, the helicopter evacuation of Saigon
  • 30 April 1975: Fall of Saigon

1975

#7 Jackie Dixon Kidnapped? 1975 · Single · Kidnapped? / I'm Good One More Time · T.N.B. # 105 · USA
Notes
T.N.B. Productions TNB 105A, stereo, light-blue label with NSD logo, Box 8255, Nashville, TN. 37207; "Kidnapped?" (Charles L. Langley), Javic Music BMI, Hitkit Music BMI, 3:05. Issued in a black NSD company sleeve. [From the record sleeve and labels]
Genre: ♪ Country

1976

#8 Bill Oliver Fourth of July in Chu-Lai 1976 · Single · Fourth of July in Chu-Lai / Little Rocks and Big Holes · Dubious # 66x33 · USA
Notes
- Fourth of July in Chu-Lai
- contemporary folk, released in Austin, Texas, USA, post-war, anti-war, protest
- Paints picture of US presence in Vietnam
- Reference to Vietnamese refugees in US.
- Also lists Vietnamese cities and areas, including My Lai

- "Little Rocks and Big Holes (In the Road)" is side A. Recorded at MacAdams Bros., Austin; Texas Deck Music (BMI); no printed writer credit. Dubious Records 66 x 33, Side 1, BMI, 4:23; "Fourth of July in Chu-Lai" by Bill Oliver, published by Texas Deck Music, ℗ 1976 Bill Oliver. Musicians: Bill Oliver (vocal, guitar, harmonica), Glen Waldeck (drums), Nancy Needles (viola), Rich Latimer (bass), David Dodson (electric guitar); engineers Alan MacAdams and Dick Snider.

The cream label shows a drawing of a farmer ploughing behind a draught animal, with the slogan "Speak for Themselves". [From the record sleeve and labels]

(3) The Boat People (1978–1999)

From 1978 the number leaving by sea rose sharply. Rescue ships, among them the German Cap Anamur, picked people up from the South China Sea, and benefit records were made across Europe to fund them. Records of unknown date are at the end of this section.
  • 1978-1979: The exodus peaks
  • July 1979: UN conference in Geneva on Indochinese refugees; the Orderly Departure Program begins
  • 1979: The Cap Anamur begins rescues in the South China Sea
  • 1989: The Comprehensive Plan of Action introduces screening of new arrivals

1978

#9 Bill Agle Galaxy 1978 · Album · Lover's Rain · TGS # TGS-1004 · USA

1979

#10 Byron MacGregor Stand Up America 1979 · Single · Stand Up America / America the Beautiful · Westbound # 11479 · USA
Notes
Stand Up America (MacGregor, Byron)

Fanfare, post-war 70s. Patriotic.
Iranian hostage crisis. OPEC oil crisis and Middle East politics.
Reference to the mistreatment of veterans.
Also: the boat people and Vietnam refugees who are welcomed into the country,
Notes
Westbound 11479, white "Special Edition" label; "Stand Up America" (Joe Donovan-Artie Fields-Larry Lick), Bridgeport Music, Inc., BMI, 3:59; produced by Armen Boladian; ℗ 1979 Westbound Records, Inc. [From the record sleeve and labels]
#11 1. Vietnamesischer Flüchtlings-Chor Europas Reich mir die Hand 1979 · Single · Reich mir die hand / Meine heimat ist Vietnam · Columbia # 1 C 006-45 900 · Germany
Annotation

Reich mir die hand (Vietnamesischer Flüchtlings-Chor Europas) (Vietnamese Refugee Choir Europe) Meine heimat ist Vietnam (Vietnamesischer Flüchtlings-Chor Europas) German, post-war 70s. Vietnamese children refugees from the war. Now living in Germany.

Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Notes
A side; music Lothar Neuse / Peter Beil, text Lothar Neuse, arranged Wolfgang Dyhr; 3:48; ℗ 1979 Compact Musikverlag GmbH; EMI Electrola Columbia 1 C 006-45 900, LC 0162, Cologne; sleeve printed by Druckhaus Maack, Lüdenscheid.

The sleeve shows the choir — young Vietnamese refugees in yellow áo dài with two guitarists — under a row of European flags, and prints the full German lyric: a small Vietnamese girl, "a child in a foreign land", asking for friends and a hand "to a new life" in a world full of the confusion of war. [From the record sleeve and labels]
Lyrics
English
I am a little Vietnamese girl
A child in a foreign land
They say this is your home now
This is my new homeland... Reach out your hand to me for a new life,
Reach out your hand, say yes, say yes to me
Brotherhood—let us foster it.
German
Ich bin eine kleine Vietnamesin
ein Kind in einem fremden Land
es heißt, hier ist jetzt dein Zuhause
das ist mein neues Heimatland... Reich mir die Hand zu einem neuen Leben,
reich mir die Hand, sag ja, sag ja zu mir
Brüderlichkeit, laß sie uns pflegen
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#12 1. Vietnamesischer Flüchtlings-Chor Europas Meine Heimat Ist Vietnam 1979 · Single · Reich mir die hand / Meine heimat ist Vietnam · Columbia # 1 C 006-45 900 · Germany
Notes
Reich mir die hand (Vietnamesischer Flüchtlings-Chor Europas) (Vietnamese Refugee Choir Europe)
Meine heimat ist Vietnam (Vietnamesischer Flüchtlings-Chor Europas)

German, post-war 70s.
Vietnamese children refugees from the war. Now living in Germany.
Notes
B side; music Wolfgang Dyhr, text Sigi Freymann, arranged Dyhr; 3:14; ℗ 1979 Compact Musikverlag; Columbia 1 C 006-45 900. [From the record sleeve and labels]
Lyrics
English
I'm a little Vietnamese girl
A child in a foreign land
They say this is your home now
I wish for lots of nice friends
My little heart I give to you
We want to laugh and forget
Give me your hand, say yes to me
Give me your hand to a new life
Give me your hand, say yes to me
Brotherhood, let us cherish it
Brotherhood there and here, there and here
I'm a little Vietnamese girl
A child in a foreign land
We don't speak the same language
But I know that we two are kin
For you, like me, we hope and pray
In a world full of the turmoil of war
Join in with me, say yes to life
Give me your hand, I'll give you mine
German
Ich bin eine kleine vietnamesin
Ein kind in einem fremden land
Es heibt hier ist jetzt dein zuhause
Ich wunsch mir viele nette freunde
Mein kleines herz das schenk ich dir
Wir wollen lachen und vergessen
Reich mir die hand sag ja zu mir
Reich mir die hand zu einem neuen leben
Reich mir die hand sag ja zu mir
Bruderlichkeit lab sie uns pflegen
Bruderlichkeit da dort und hier dort und hier
Ich bin eine kleine vietnamesin
Ein kind in einem fremden land
Wir sprechen nicht dieselbe sprache
Doch ich weib wir beibe sind verwandt
Denn du wei ich wir hoffen bitten
In einer welt voll kriegsgewirr
Stimm mit mir ein sag ja zum leben
Reich mir die hand ich reich sie dir
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Genre: ♪ Schlager
#13 Vader Abraham Boote ohne Hafen 1979 · Single · Boote ohne Hafen / O, Julia · Philips # 6832 188 · Netherlands
Credited on the record as Vader Abraham und "Der erste vietnamesische Flüchtlingschor aus Frankfurt/Main".
Notes
Boots ohne Haffen (Abraham, Vader)

1 DM per record was donated to the Vietnamese refugee help project of the German Red Cross.
Lyrics on B-side.
German language. Dutch artist
Notes
Philips 6832 188 (GEMA; ℗ 1979 Dureco B.V., an original Dureco production; made in Germany; Phonogram), 4:11: "Boote ohne Hafen" — boats without a harbour — music Pierre Kartner, German text Michael Kunze, sung by Vader Abraham with "Der erste vietnamesische Flüchtlingschor aus Frankfurt/Main" (the first Vietnamese refugee choir of Frankfurt), B side "O, Julia"; the front also carries the Vietnamese title "Thuyền không bến".

DM 1 from each copy went to the German Red Cross account 41 41 41 for Vietnam refugee aid (sleeve seal "Spende für die Vietnam-Flüchtlingshilfe · DRK").

Cover: the choir of young Vietnamese in yellow áo dài on a lawn, Vader Abraham inset. Full German lyric on the back: boats without a harbour drifting far out at sea, without water, rice or bread, full of people in need who stretch out their hands and cannot understand that we sleep content while they perish; nowhere are they let ashore; "open all your hearts, don't leave them in the lurch — people without a homeland now hope in me and you; we with our small worries in the rich part of the world have in abundance everything they lack". [From the record sleeve and labels]
Lyrics
English
Boats without a harbor
Drifting out upon the sea
Boats without a harbor
They come from far away...
Open up your hearts
Do not forsake them
People without a homeland
Now place their hope in you and me
German
Boote ohne Hafen
Treiben draußen auf dem Meer
Boote ohne Hafen
Sie kommen von weit her...
Öffnet alle eure Herzen
Laßt sie nicht im Stich
Menschen ohne Heimat
Hoffen jetzt auf mich und dich
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Genre: ♪ Schlager
#14 Dick Maloney The Boat People (A Song of Hope) 1979 · Single · Diana # DO-1020 · Canada
Credited on the record as Dick Maloney and The Vietnamese Kids.
Notes
Diana Records DO-1020A, vocal, stereo, 2:37; (Dick Maloney); produced by Dick Maloney; arr. by Champ Champagne; eng. Peter Burns; studio Marc Productions, Ottawa; mastering SNB Montreal; PRO Canada. Scan from the Hugo Keesing collection. [From the record label]

"Song of Hope: Dick Maloney, an Ottawa entertainer composed a theme song for Project 4000, the Ottawa volunteer sponsorship organization and recorded it using eight Indochinese children and other Ottawa musicians who donated time. The song was also picked up for a Calgary campaign “Someone Cares”. Proceeds from the sale of the 45 rpm record go to refugee programs." [From the Employment and Immigration Canada Indochinese Refugee Newsletter, Vol. 1, No. 7, 29 August 1979, in the summary prepared by Martha Nixon]
Lyrics
English
The world watched silently when the boat people were put out to sea
Their only sin was being born in a country torn by humanity
Now they turn to us with trust in their eyes
We can't look away...no we can't ignore their cries
Lets open up our hearts, our doors and our land
Give them the strength to help them understand
Although they might feel lost, they're really not alone
Lets treat them like a neighbour and help them find a home
We'll show the world we care with this song of hope
By sharing with the people, the people from the boat
Genre: ♪ Pop

1980

#15 Moeder Ina Kinderen uit Vietnam 1980 · Single · Vandaag voor 't laatst / Kinderen uit Vietnam · Kant # 17501 · Netherlands
Notes
Kinderen uit Vietnam (Ina, Moeder)

Dutch. Post-war.
Notes
B side of "Vandaag voor 't laatst" (Kant 17501, (p) 1980, Stemra); 2:40; writers C. van Orsouw / John Kars — the same C. van Orsouw who wrote Ellen van Eijk's 1966 "De kinderen van Vietnam". Label Nameless Productions, cat Rights: Stemra. 'Children from Vietnam', B-side of 'Vandaag voor 't laatst' on Nameless Productions. [From the record sleeve and labels]
Genre: ♪ Schlager

1985

#16 La Chanson des Quatre Saisons Ils sont partis 1985 · Single · S.O.S. Boat People · Carrere # 50040 · Switzerland
Credited on the record as La Chanson des Quatre Saisons, Corminbœuf; soliste Théo Aeby.
Notes
- Released in France
- Choral group from Switzerland
- About the Vietnamese boat people, refugees

- "S.O.S. Boat People": Carrere / Lazer 50040 (made in France, ℗ 1985 SUISA; réalisation Varelas Productions, Fribourg; recorded by Dario Scazziga at Scafe Records), a benefit single for Médecins du Monde: "Ils sont partis" 3:17 on face A, "Liberté" on face B, words and music by Michel Ducarroz, sung by La Chanson des Quatre Saisons of Corminbœuf with Théo Aeby as soloist.

The back sleeve explains the cause — one centilitre of water a day from a refugee boat's makeshift still, November 1984 in the South China Sea; 25,000 people crossed the previous year and 17,000 disappeared, about 35 per cent of them children; for nearly forty days Médecins du Monde sent the French oceanographic ship Jean Charcot, with a naval escort lent by the government, and 540 people were saved — and gives the UBS Geneva account of the Comité Suisse de Coordination pour l'Aide aux Boat People en Mer de Chine.

Cover drawing (a shark carrying a sampan of refugees) donated by Teddy Aeby; photo of the Jean Charcot on the back. [From the record sleeve and labels]
Genre: ♪ Pop
#17 La Chanson des Quatre Saisons Liberté 1985 · Single · S.O.S. Boat People · Carrere # 50040 · Switzerland
Credited on the record as La Chanson des Quatre Saisons, Corminbœuf; soliste Théo Aeby.
Annotation: see “Ils sont partis” above (same release).
Genre: ♪ Pop

1986

#18–25 Tinh Mahoney My Vietnamese Suite 1986 · Album · East Wind # TIRI-86 · USA
All 8 songs from this album in the archive are in this collection
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#18 Tinh Mahoney My Vietnamese Suite: The Rice Dance 1986 · Album · My Vietnamese Suite · East Wind # TIRI-86 · USA
Credited on the record as Tinh.
Notes
East Wind Records TIRI-86, "Solo Guitar", produced by John Fahey; labels print ©℗ 86 East Wind Records, "Music composed by Tinh Mahoney and published by Tortoise Music, (ASCAP)", side one 18:51 and side two 19:33, made in Canada.

The back sleeve credits recording at Spectrum Recording Studio and Cascade Recording, Portland, Oregon; engineered by Mike Moore, mastered by John Golden; cover drawing by Chhay Kea (signed "Chhay" on the artwork), design by Tinh Mahoney, liner notes by Tinh Mahoney and Tom Savage; guitars used Propsom and Taylor, with special thanks to John Fahey for the use of his Propsom; East Wind Records, P.O. Box 13796, Salem, Oregon; jacket made in Canada.

The cover drawing shows a weeping girl clutching a bundle beside a helmet in water, with coiled barbed wire, a broken palm and a ruined hut behind.

Side one carries the four-part "My Viet-Namese Suite" (The Rice Dance; My Uncle's Death, which recalls the grief and anger at the news of an uncle's death; Flowers That Live Forever (Bông Vạn Thọ), about a grandmother's flowers bringing consolation "in spite of the war that was Viet Nam"; Homeless (Không Có Nhà), evoking boat people and refugee camps).

Side two opens with "The Refugee Trilogy" (Goodbye to My Homeland, Will the Sea Be Our Grave?, Oh My Viet Nam), described as transcribing "the agonies of heart, longings, and hopes that scald the souls and bodies of 'boat people' who are forced to leave their beloved Viet Nam".

The labels print "Knông Có Nhà" and "Happiness Is Only a Teadrop Away" where the sleeve has "Không Có Nhà" and "Teardrop". [From the record sleeve and labels]
#19 Tinh Mahoney My Vietnamese Suite: My Uncle's Death 1986 · Album · My Vietnamese Suite · East Wind # TIRI-86 · USA
Credited on the record as Tinh.
Notes
East Wind Records TIRI-86, "Solo Guitar", produced by John Fahey; labels print ©℗ 86 East Wind Records, "Music composed by Tinh Mahoney and published by Tortoise Music, (ASCAP)", side one 18:51 and side two 19:33, made in Canada.

The back sleeve credits recording at Spectrum Recording Studio and Cascade Recording, Portland, Oregon; engineered by Mike Moore, mastered by John Golden; cover drawing by Chhay Kea (signed "Chhay" on the artwork), design by Tinh Mahoney, liner notes by Tinh Mahoney and Tom Savage; guitars used Propsom and Taylor, with special thanks to John Fahey for the use of his Propsom; East Wind Records, P.O. Box 13796, Salem, Oregon; jacket made in Canada.

The cover drawing shows a weeping girl clutching a bundle beside a helmet in water, with coiled barbed wire, a broken palm and a ruined hut behind.

Side one carries the four-part "My Viet-Namese Suite" (The Rice Dance; My Uncle's Death, which recalls the grief and anger at the news of an uncle's death; Flowers That Live Forever (Bông Vạn Thọ), about a grandmother's flowers bringing consolation "in spite of the war that was Viet Nam"; Homeless (Không Có Nhà), evoking boat people and refugee camps).

Side two opens with "The Refugee Trilogy" (Goodbye to My Homeland, Will the Sea Be Our Grave?, Oh My Viet Nam), described as transcribing "the agonies of heart, longings, and hopes that scald the souls and bodies of 'boat people' who are forced to leave their beloved Viet Nam".

The labels print "Knông Có Nhà" and "Happiness Is Only a Teadrop Away" where the sleeve has "Không Có Nhà" and "Teardrop". [From the record sleeve and labels]
#20 Tinh Mahoney My Vietnamese Suite: Bông vạn thọ (Flower That Lives Forever) 1986 · Album · My Vietnamese Suite · East Wind # TIRI-86 · USA
Credited on the record as Tinh.
Notes
East Wind Records TIRI-86, "Solo Guitar", produced by John Fahey; labels print ©℗ 86 East Wind Records, "Music composed by Tinh Mahoney and published by Tortoise Music, (ASCAP)", side one 18:51 and side two 19:33, made in Canada.

The back sleeve credits recording at Spectrum Recording Studio and Cascade Recording, Portland, Oregon; engineered by Mike Moore, mastered by John Golden; cover drawing by Chhay Kea (signed "Chhay" on the artwork), design by Tinh Mahoney, liner notes by Tinh Mahoney and Tom Savage; guitars used Propsom and Taylor, with special thanks to John Fahey for the use of his Propsom; East Wind Records, P.O. Box 13796, Salem, Oregon; jacket made in Canada.

The cover drawing shows a weeping girl clutching a bundle beside a helmet in water, with coiled barbed wire, a broken palm and a ruined hut behind.

Side one carries the four-part "My Viet-Namese Suite" (The Rice Dance; My Uncle's Death, which recalls the grief and anger at the news of an uncle's death; Flowers That Live Forever (Bông Vạn Thọ), about a grandmother's flowers bringing consolation "in spite of the war that was Viet Nam"; Homeless (Không Có Nhà), evoking boat people and refugee camps).

Side two opens with "The Refugee Trilogy" (Goodbye to My Homeland, Will the Sea Be Our Grave?, Oh My Viet Nam), described as transcribing "the agonies of heart, longings, and hopes that scald the souls and bodies of 'boat people' who are forced to leave their beloved Viet Nam".

The labels print "Knông Có Nhà" and "Happiness Is Only a Teadrop Away" where the sleeve has "Không Có Nhà" and "Teardrop". [From the record sleeve and labels]
#21 Tinh Mahoney My Vietnamese Suite: Không có nhà (Homeless) 1986 · Album · My Vietnamese Suite · East Wind # TIRI-86 · USA
Credited on the record as Tinh.
Notes
East Wind Records TIRI-86, "Solo Guitar", produced by John Fahey; labels print ©℗ 86 East Wind Records, "Music composed by Tinh Mahoney and published by Tortoise Music, (ASCAP)", side one 18:51 and side two 19:33, made in Canada.

The back sleeve credits recording at Spectrum Recording Studio and Cascade Recording, Portland, Oregon; engineered by Mike Moore, mastered by John Golden; cover drawing by Chhay Kea (signed "Chhay" on the artwork), design by Tinh Mahoney, liner notes by Tinh Mahoney and Tom Savage; guitars used Propsom and Taylor, with special thanks to John Fahey for the use of his Propsom; East Wind Records, P.O. Box 13796, Salem, Oregon; jacket made in Canada.

The cover drawing shows a weeping girl clutching a bundle beside a helmet in water, with coiled barbed wire, a broken palm and a ruined hut behind.

Side one carries the four-part "My Viet-Namese Suite" (The Rice Dance; My Uncle's Death, which recalls the grief and anger at the news of an uncle's death; Flowers That Live Forever (Bông Vạn Thọ), about a grandmother's flowers bringing consolation "in spite of the war that was Viet Nam"; Homeless (Không Có Nhà), evoking boat people and refugee camps).

Side two opens with "The Refugee Trilogy" (Goodbye to My Homeland, Will the Sea Be Our Grave?, Oh My Viet Nam), described as transcribing "the agonies of heart, longings, and hopes that scald the souls and bodies of 'boat people' who are forced to leave their beloved Viet Nam".

The labels print "Knông Có Nhà" and "Happiness Is Only a Teadrop Away" where the sleeve has "Không Có Nhà" and "Teardrop". [From the record sleeve and labels]
#22 Tinh Mahoney The Refugee Trilogy: Goodbye to My Homeland 1986 · Album · My Vietnamese Suite · East Wind # TIRI-86 · USA
Credited on the record as Tinh.
Notes
East Wind Records TIRI-86, "Solo Guitar", produced by John Fahey; labels print ©℗ 86 East Wind Records, "Music composed by Tinh Mahoney and published by Tortoise Music, (ASCAP)", side one 18:51 and side two 19:33, made in Canada.

The back sleeve credits recording at Spectrum Recording Studio and Cascade Recording, Portland, Oregon; engineered by Mike Moore, mastered by John Golden; cover drawing by Chhay Kea (signed "Chhay" on the artwork), design by Tinh Mahoney, liner notes by Tinh Mahoney and Tom Savage; guitars used Propsom and Taylor, with special thanks to John Fahey for the use of his Propsom; East Wind Records, P.O. Box 13796, Salem, Oregon; jacket made in Canada.

The cover drawing shows a weeping girl clutching a bundle beside a helmet in water, with coiled barbed wire, a broken palm and a ruined hut behind.

Side one carries the four-part "My Viet-Namese Suite" (The Rice Dance; My Uncle's Death, which recalls the grief and anger at the news of an uncle's death; Flowers That Live Forever (Bông Vạn Thọ), about a grandmother's flowers bringing consolation "in spite of the war that was Viet Nam"; Homeless (Không Có Nhà), evoking boat people and refugee camps).

Side two opens with "The Refugee Trilogy" (Goodbye to My Homeland, Will the Sea Be Our Grave?, Oh My Viet Nam), described as transcribing "the agonies of heart, longings, and hopes that scald the souls and bodies of 'boat people' who are forced to leave their beloved Viet Nam".

The labels print "Knông Có Nhà" and "Happiness Is Only a Teadrop Away" where the sleeve has "Không Có Nhà" and "Teardrop". [From the record sleeve and labels]
#23 Tinh Mahoney The Refugee Trilogy: Will the Sea Be Our Grave? 1986 · Album · My Vietnamese Suite · East Wind # TIRI-86 · USA
Credited on the record as Tinh.
Notes
East Wind Records TIRI-86, "Solo Guitar", produced by John Fahey; labels print ©℗ 86 East Wind Records, "Music composed by Tinh Mahoney and published by Tortoise Music, (ASCAP)", side one 18:51 and side two 19:33, made in Canada.

The back sleeve credits recording at Spectrum Recording Studio and Cascade Recording, Portland, Oregon; engineered by Mike Moore, mastered by John Golden; cover drawing by Chhay Kea (signed "Chhay" on the artwork), design by Tinh Mahoney, liner notes by Tinh Mahoney and Tom Savage; guitars used Propsom and Taylor, with special thanks to John Fahey for the use of his Propsom; East Wind Records, P.O. Box 13796, Salem, Oregon; jacket made in Canada.

The cover drawing shows a weeping girl clutching a bundle beside a helmet in water, with coiled barbed wire, a broken palm and a ruined hut behind.

Side one carries the four-part "My Viet-Namese Suite" (The Rice Dance; My Uncle's Death, which recalls the grief and anger at the news of an uncle's death; Flowers That Live Forever (Bông Vạn Thọ), about a grandmother's flowers bringing consolation "in spite of the war that was Viet Nam"; Homeless (Không Có Nhà), evoking boat people and refugee camps).

Side two opens with "The Refugee Trilogy" (Goodbye to My Homeland, Will the Sea Be Our Grave?, Oh My Viet Nam), described as transcribing "the agonies of heart, longings, and hopes that scald the souls and bodies of 'boat people' who are forced to leave their beloved Viet Nam".

The labels print "Knông Có Nhà" and "Happiness Is Only a Teadrop Away" where the sleeve has "Không Có Nhà" and "Teardrop". [From the record sleeve and labels]
#24 Tinh Mahoney The Refugee Trilogy: Oh My Viet Nam 1986 · Album · My Vietnamese Suite · East Wind # TIRI-86 · USA
Credited on the record as Tinh.
Notes
East Wind Records TIRI-86, "Solo Guitar", produced by John Fahey; labels print ©℗ 86 East Wind Records, "Music composed by Tinh Mahoney and published by Tortoise Music, (ASCAP)", side one 18:51 and side two 19:33, made in Canada.

The back sleeve credits recording at Spectrum Recording Studio and Cascade Recording, Portland, Oregon; engineered by Mike Moore, mastered by John Golden; cover drawing by Chhay Kea (signed "Chhay" on the artwork), design by Tinh Mahoney, liner notes by Tinh Mahoney and Tom Savage; guitars used Propsom and Taylor, with special thanks to John Fahey for the use of his Propsom; East Wind Records, P.O. Box 13796, Salem, Oregon; jacket made in Canada.

The cover drawing shows a weeping girl clutching a bundle beside a helmet in water, with coiled barbed wire, a broken palm and a ruined hut behind.

Side one carries the four-part "My Viet-Namese Suite" (The Rice Dance; My Uncle's Death, which recalls the grief and anger at the news of an uncle's death; Flowers That Live Forever (Bông Vạn Thọ), about a grandmother's flowers bringing consolation "in spite of the war that was Viet Nam"; Homeless (Không Có Nhà), evoking boat people and refugee camps).

Side two opens with "The Refugee Trilogy" (Goodbye to My Homeland, Will the Sea Be Our Grave?, Oh My Viet Nam), described as transcribing "the agonies of heart, longings, and hopes that scald the souls and bodies of 'boat people' who are forced to leave their beloved Viet Nam".

The labels print "Knông Có Nhà" and "Happiness Is Only a Teadrop Away" where the sleeve has "Không Có Nhà" and "Teardrop". [From the record sleeve and labels]
#25 Tinh Mahoney Through the Eyes of a Child 1986 · Album · My Vietnamese Suite · East Wind # TIRI-86 · USA
Credited on the record as Tinh.
Notes
East Wind Records TIRI-86, "Solo Guitar", produced by John Fahey; labels print ©℗ 86 East Wind Records, "Music composed by Tinh Mahoney and published by Tortoise Music, (ASCAP)", side one 18:51 and side two 19:33, made in Canada.

The back sleeve credits recording at Spectrum Recording Studio and Cascade Recording, Portland, Oregon; engineered by Mike Moore, mastered by John Golden; cover drawing by Chhay Kea (signed "Chhay" on the artwork), design by Tinh Mahoney, liner notes by Tinh Mahoney and Tom Savage; guitars used Propsom and Taylor, with special thanks to John Fahey for the use of his Propsom; East Wind Records, P.O. Box 13796, Salem, Oregon; jacket made in Canada.

The cover drawing shows a weeping girl clutching a bundle beside a helmet in water, with coiled barbed wire, a broken palm and a ruined hut behind.

Side one carries the four-part "My Viet-Namese Suite" (The Rice Dance; My Uncle's Death, which recalls the grief and anger at the news of an uncle's death; Flowers That Live Forever (Bông Vạn Thọ), about a grandmother's flowers bringing consolation "in spite of the war that was Viet Nam"; Homeless (Không Có Nhà), evoking boat people and refugee camps).

Side two opens with "The Refugee Trilogy" (Goodbye to My Homeland, Will the Sea Be Our Grave?, Oh My Viet Nam), described as transcribing "the agonies of heart, longings, and hopes that scald the souls and bodies of 'boat people' who are forced to leave their beloved Viet Nam".

The labels print "Knông Có Nhà" and "Happiness Is Only a Teadrop Away" where the sleeve has "Không Có Nhà" and "Teardrop". [From the record sleeve and labels]
Lyrics
English
Far away in a foreign land
But my soul was left behind
Like a morning bird singing in the night
I want to go back

1987

#26 Khánh Ly 望郷 (Lullaby of Đà Nẵng) 1987 · Single · 望郷 [Lullaby of Đà Nẵng] · Nippon Columbia # AH-434 · Japan
Credited on the record as カーン・リー.
Notes
Vietnamese, post-war. About the "Boat People"

Lullaby of Đà Nẵng
Lyrics
English
Now, my love, please listen
I am sad, in my night
The old town is the first one to cover the sun
And right now is not my child
The life of the child is depressed
Where is tomorrow, we still have
This happy meeting has blown away
I have lost my heart
I am sorry
I am familiar with the planet
I am familiar with my father
The wine is flying now so good
She is busy. throng buy most
Vietnamese
Nay em yeu xin hay lang nghe
Tieng buon roi, trong dem toi
Pho xa tang thuong dau don che mat troi
Va ngay yen vui khong con throng toi
Giong song xua con nuoc van xuoi
Mai ve dau, rong reu co
Hoi canh chm vui nay da bay lac loai
Tim bay noi dau keu loi bi ai
Nhung buoc chan quen da quen con duong tinh
Chieu vang ve nghe ba hat hiu
chiec la ua bay von nay thiet tha
co dang em throng mua nhat nhoa
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#27 Mythos Boat People 1987 · Single · Mythos # MYT 300 · France
Notes
- France
- Vietnamese Boat people - refugee crisis
- Lyrics on back sleeve

- Self-released. Line-up: François Nicolas (guitar, vocals), Bernard Touchagues (vocals), Pierre De Veron (piano, synth), Jérôme Carlier (effects, synth), Phil 'Heron' (bass), Jacques De Chabannes (drums), Estelle Nicolas (backing vocals).

Recorded at Studio The Tube Station; printed by SNA. Self-released single about the Vietnamese boat people refugee crisis, lyrics on the back sleeve. Self-released single; lyrics printed on the back sleeve; recorded at The Tube Station; cover photo Gamma. B side "Pour eux…" after a text by Michel Menu. [From the record sleeve and labels]
Lyrics
English
Hanoi, Haiphong, and Cholon,
One day we shall return,
To our home, far away across the China Sea...
From 'Power to the People'
The 'Boat People' were born.
French
Hanoï, Haïphong et Cholon,
Un jour nous y retournerons,
Chez nous tout au bout de la mer de Chine...
Du 'Power to the People'
Sont nés les Boat People

1988

#28 Tony Coe "Mer de Chine" - Musique pour le film de Jacques Perrin 1988
Notes
Soundtrack, France
#29–61 Tony Coe Mer de Chine 1988 · Soundtrack · nato # ZOG 2 · France
All 33 songs from this soundtrack in the archive are in this collection
#29 Binh à la sortie de l'école [Binh Leaving School] #30 Le secrétaire [The Secretary] #31 Conversation sous la pluie [Conversation in the Rain] #32 Trop long temps [Too Long a Time] #33 La famille de Binh [Binh's Family] #34 Sans cesse [Without End] #35 La criée [The Auction] #36 Le départ de la famille [The Family's Departure] #37 Le bus [The Bus] #38 L'arrestation de l'oncle [The Uncle's Arrest] #39 La maison [The House] #40 Vers le refuge [Towards the Refuge] #41 La fuite [The Escape] #42 La mort de la mère [The Mother's Death] #43 Le delta [The Delta] #44 Boat People #45 La rencontre des boats [The Meeting of the Boats] #46 Pirates #47 Mer à boire [A Sea to Drink] #48 Enfin [At Last] #49 Les eaux internationales [International Waters] #50 Marine de la nuit [Night Seascape] #51 I Never Held One Before #52 Marine de jour [Day Seascape] #53 Nuit de boat [Boat Night] #54 Les visages [The Faces] #55 Le bateau de Binh [Binh's Boat] #56 Sur le pont [On the Deck] #57 La séparation [The Separation] #58 L'arrivée [The Arrival] #59 Binh et Joy [Binh and Joy] #60 La bicyclette [The Bicycle] #61 Mer de Chine [China Sea]
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#29 Tony Coe Binh à la sortie de l'école [Binh Leaving School] 1988 · Soundtrack · Mer de Chine · nato # ZOG 2 · France
Notes
A1 of the instrumental score (33 cues) to 'Mer de Chine: Le pays pour memoire' (1988), Jacques Perrin's episode of the French TV series Medecins des hommes, starring Perrin and Jane Birkin - the story of a Vietnamese boy, Binh, and his family's escape from Vietnam by boat: arrest of the uncle, flight through the delta, the mother's death, pirates, rescue in international waters, arrival. Recorded 1987, D.H. Audio Engineering Studio; produced by Jean Rochard. French pressing; also on CD.
#30 Tony Coe Le secrétaire [The Secretary] 1988 · Soundtrack · Mer de Chine · nato # ZOG 2 · France
Notes
A2 of the instrumental score to 'Mer de Chine: Le pays pour memoire' (1988, Jacques Perrin / Medecins des hommes).
#31 Tony Coe Conversation sous la pluie [Conversation in the Rain] 1988 · Soundtrack · Mer de Chine · nato # ZOG 2 · France
Notes
A3 of the instrumental score to 'Mer de Chine: Le pays pour memoire' (1988, Jacques Perrin / Medecins des hommes).
#32 Tony Coe Trop long temps [Too Long a Time] 1988 · Soundtrack · Mer de Chine · nato # ZOG 2 · France
Notes
A4 of the instrumental score to 'Mer de Chine: Le pays pour memoire' (1988, Jacques Perrin / Medecins des hommes).
#33 Tony Coe La famille de Binh [Binh's Family] 1988 · Soundtrack · Mer de Chine · nato # ZOG 2 · France
Notes
A5 of the instrumental score to 'Mer de Chine: Le pays pour memoire' (1988, Jacques Perrin / Medecins des hommes).
#34 Tony Coe Sans cesse [Without End] 1988 · Soundtrack · Mer de Chine · nato # ZOG 2 · France
Notes
A6 of the instrumental score to 'Mer de Chine: Le pays pour memoire' (1988, Jacques Perrin / Medecins des hommes).
#35 Tony Coe La criée [The Auction] 1988 · Soundtrack · Mer de Chine · nato # ZOG 2 · France
Notes
A7 of the instrumental score to 'Mer de Chine: Le pays pour memoire' (1988, Jacques Perrin / Medecins des hommes).
#36 Tony Coe Le départ de la famille [The Family's Departure] 1988 · Soundtrack · Mer de Chine · nato # ZOG 2 · France
Notes
A8 of the instrumental score to 'Mer de Chine: Le pays pour memoire' (1988, Jacques Perrin / Medecins des hommes).
#37 Tony Coe Le bus [The Bus] 1988 · Soundtrack · Mer de Chine · nato # ZOG 2 · France
Notes
A9 of the instrumental score to 'Mer de Chine: Le pays pour memoire' (1988, Jacques Perrin / Medecins des hommes).
#38 Tony Coe L'arrestation de l'oncle [The Uncle's Arrest] 1988 · Soundtrack · Mer de Chine · nato # ZOG 2 · France
Notes
A10 of the instrumental score to 'Mer de Chine: Le pays pour memoire' (1988, Jacques Perrin / Medecins des hommes).
#39 Tony Coe La maison [The House] 1988 · Soundtrack · Mer de Chine · nato # ZOG 2 · France
Notes
A11 of the instrumental score to 'Mer de Chine: Le pays pour memoire' (1988, Jacques Perrin / Medecins des hommes).
#40 Tony Coe Vers le refuge [Towards the Refuge] 1988 · Soundtrack · Mer de Chine · nato # ZOG 2 · France
Notes
A12 of the instrumental score to 'Mer de Chine: Le pays pour memoire' (1988, Jacques Perrin / Medecins des hommes).
#41 Tony Coe La fuite [The Escape] 1988 · Soundtrack · Mer de Chine · nato # ZOG 2 · France
Notes
A13 of the instrumental score to 'Mer de Chine: Le pays pour memoire' (1988, Jacques Perrin / Medecins des hommes).
#42 Tony Coe La mort de la mère [The Mother's Death] 1988 · Soundtrack · Mer de Chine · nato # ZOG 2 · France
Notes
A14 of the instrumental score to 'Mer de Chine: Le pays pour memoire' (1988, Jacques Perrin / Medecins des hommes).
#43 Tony Coe Le delta [The Delta] 1988 · Soundtrack · Mer de Chine · nato # ZOG 2 · France
Notes
A15 of the instrumental score to 'Mer de Chine: Le pays pour memoire' (1988, Jacques Perrin / Medecins des hommes).
#44 Tony Coe Boat People 1988 · Soundtrack · Mer de Chine · nato # ZOG 2 · France
Notes
A16 of the instrumental score to 'Mer de Chine: Le pays pour memoire' (1988, Jacques Perrin / Medecins des hommes).
#45 Tony Coe La rencontre des boats [The Meeting of the Boats] 1988 · Soundtrack · Mer de Chine · nato # ZOG 2 · France
Notes
A17 of the instrumental score to 'Mer de Chine: Le pays pour memoire' (1988, Jacques Perrin / Medecins des hommes).
#46 Tony Coe Pirates 1988 · Soundtrack · Mer de Chine · nato # ZOG 2 · France
Notes
A18 of the instrumental score to 'Mer de Chine: Le pays pour memoire' (1988, Jacques Perrin / Medecins des hommes).
#47 Tony Coe Mer à boire [A Sea to Drink] 1988 · Soundtrack · Mer de Chine · nato # ZOG 2 · France
Notes
B1 of the instrumental score to 'Mer de Chine: Le pays pour memoire' (1988, Jacques Perrin / Medecins des hommes).
#48 Tony Coe Enfin [At Last] 1988 · Soundtrack · Mer de Chine · nato # ZOG 2 · France
Notes
B2 of the instrumental score to 'Mer de Chine: Le pays pour memoire' (1988, Jacques Perrin / Medecins des hommes).
#49 Tony Coe Les eaux internationales [International Waters] 1988 · Soundtrack · Mer de Chine · nato # ZOG 2 · France
Notes
B3 of the instrumental score to 'Mer de Chine: Le pays pour memoire' (1988, Jacques Perrin / Medecins des hommes).
#50 Tony Coe Marine de la nuit [Night Seascape] 1988 · Soundtrack · Mer de Chine · nato # ZOG 2 · France
Notes
B4 of the instrumental score to 'Mer de Chine: Le pays pour memoire' (1988, Jacques Perrin / Medecins des hommes).
#51 Tony Coe I Never Held One Before 1988 · Soundtrack · Mer de Chine · nato # ZOG 2 · France
Notes
B5 of the instrumental score to 'Mer de Chine: Le pays pour memoire' (1988, Jacques Perrin / Medecins des hommes).
#52 Tony Coe Marine de jour [Day Seascape] 1988 · Soundtrack · Mer de Chine · nato # ZOG 2 · France
Notes
B6 of the instrumental score to 'Mer de Chine: Le pays pour memoire' (1988, Jacques Perrin / Medecins des hommes).
#53 Tony Coe Nuit de boat [Boat Night] 1988 · Soundtrack · Mer de Chine · nato # ZOG 2 · France
Notes
B7 of the instrumental score to 'Mer de Chine: Le pays pour memoire' (1988, Jacques Perrin / Medecins des hommes).
#54 Tony Coe Les visages [The Faces] 1988 · Soundtrack · Mer de Chine · nato # ZOG 2 · France
Notes
B8 of the instrumental score to 'Mer de Chine: Le pays pour memoire' (1988, Jacques Perrin / Medecins des hommes).
#55 Tony Coe Le bateau de Binh [Binh's Boat] 1988 · Soundtrack · Mer de Chine · nato # ZOG 2 · France
Notes
B9 of the instrumental score to 'Mer de Chine: Le pays pour memoire' (1988, Jacques Perrin / Medecins des hommes).
#56 Tony Coe Sur le pont [On the Deck] 1988 · Soundtrack · Mer de Chine · nato # ZOG 2 · France
Notes
B10 of the instrumental score to 'Mer de Chine: Le pays pour memoire' (1988, Jacques Perrin / Medecins des hommes).
#57 Tony Coe La séparation [The Separation] 1988 · Soundtrack · Mer de Chine · nato # ZOG 2 · France
Notes
B11 of the instrumental score to 'Mer de Chine: Le pays pour memoire' (1988, Jacques Perrin / Medecins des hommes).
#58 Tony Coe L'arrivée [The Arrival] 1988 · Soundtrack · Mer de Chine · nato # ZOG 2 · France
Notes
B12 of the instrumental score to 'Mer de Chine: Le pays pour memoire' (1988, Jacques Perrin / Medecins des hommes).
#59 Tony Coe Binh et Joy [Binh and Joy] 1988 · Soundtrack · Mer de Chine · nato # ZOG 2 · France
Notes
B13 of the instrumental score to 'Mer de Chine: Le pays pour memoire' (1988, Jacques Perrin / Medecins des hommes).
#60 Tony Coe La bicyclette [The Bicycle] 1988 · Soundtrack · Mer de Chine · nato # ZOG 2 · France
Notes
B14 of the instrumental score to 'Mer de Chine: Le pays pour memoire' (1988, Jacques Perrin / Medecins des hommes).
#61 Tony Coe Mer de Chine [China Sea] 1988 · Soundtrack · Mer de Chine · nato # ZOG 2 · France
Notes
B15 of the instrumental score to 'Mer de Chine: Le pays pour memoire' (1988, Jacques Perrin / Medecins des hommes).

1990

#62 Rock Against Repatriation Sailing 1990 · Single · I.R.S. # EIRS 139 · UK
Notes
Vietnamese Boat people, charity single
Notes
Vietnamese Boat people, charity single [From Justin A. Brummer notes from RYM]
#63–66 Boublil & Schönberg Miss Saigon [Original London Cast] 1990 · Musical · Geffen # WX 329 · UK
4 of the 25 songs from this musical in the archive are in this collection
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#63 Boublil & Schönberg If You Want to Die in Bed 1990 · Musical · Miss Saigon [Original London Cast] · Geffen # WX 329 · UK
Notes
Album line, contains Vietnam references. Note: need to catalogue songs. Musical set during Vietnam War. [From Justin A. Brummer notes from RYM]
Genre: ♪ Musical
#64 Boublil & Schönberg I'd Give My Life for You 1990 · Musical · Miss Saigon [Original London Cast] · Geffen # WX 329 · UK
Notes
Album line, contains Vietnam references. Note: need to catalogue songs. Musical set during Vietnam War. [From Justin A. Brummer notes from RYM]
Genre: ♪ Musical
#65 Boublil & Schönberg What a Waste 1990 · Musical · Miss Saigon [Original London Cast] · Geffen # WX 329 · UK
Notes
Album line, contains Vietnam references. Note: need to catalogue songs. Musical set during Vietnam War. [From Justin A. Brummer notes from RYM]
Genre: ♪ Musical
#66 Boublil & Schönberg The American Dream 1990 · Musical · Miss Saigon [Original London Cast] · Geffen # WX 329 · UK
Notes
Album line, contains Vietnam references. Note: need to catalogue songs. Musical set during Vietnam War. [From Justin A. Brummer notes from RYM]
Genre: ♪ Musical

1995

#67 Bruce Springsteen Galveston Bay 1995 · Album · The Ghost of Tom Joad · Columbia # C 67484 · USA
Annotation
Also on the album The Ghost of Tom Joad, was the song "Galveston Bay" (Columbia Records # 481650 2) in which Springsteen again returned to the Vietnam veteran theme - however, this time, the main focus was on a 1981 dispute between the KKK and Vietnamese shrimpers - who had arrived in the US as refugees, known as the "Vietnamese boat people", or "boat people", referencing Vietnamese refugees who fled the country following the collapse of South Vietnam in 1975, a migration and humanitarian crisis in the late 70s. 800,000 people are thought to have made it to other countries, via boat, while the United Nations High Commission for Refugees, estimates that between 200,000 and 400,000 boat people died at sea.123 This track provides a unique perspective in US songs, with a focus on a South Vietnamese veteran in the US, differing from the typical American-centric view, and containing commentary on the growth of anti-immigration, racist, and an America-first movement.

The lyrics focused on a South Vietnamese veteran, Le Bin Son, who fought "side by side with the American in... Vietnam". Following the collapse of Saigon, he fled to Texas, where he became a shrimper. It then switched to the perspective of a US born soldier, Billy Sutter, who was "wounded in the battle of Chu Lai" in 1968. He watched the collapse on TV in 1975, as the "communists rolled into Saigon" and "as the refugees came". However, there was "talk of America for Americans" and someone "brought in the Texas Klan". It led to a confrontation, in which Le killed two people. He was put on trial where he was acquitted, for self-defense. Stutter decided to take vigilante action and go after Le, but at the last minutes decided not to, and the next morning he "cast his nets into the water of Galveston Bay".
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Notes
Columbia CK 67484, track 11, 5:04; released 21 November 1995. Le Bin Son, a South Vietnamese veteran turned Texas shrimper, and Billy Sutter, a US veteran, on Galveston Bay. [From Discogs]
Lyrics
English
For fifteen years Le Bin Son fought side by side with the Americans
In the mountains and deltas of Vietnam
In '75 Saigon fell and he left his command
And brought his family to the promised land
Seabrook, Texas and the small towns in the Gulf of Mexico
It was delta country and reminded him of home
He worked as a machinist, put his money away and bought a shrimp boat with his cousin
And together they harvested Galveston Bay
In the morning 'fore the sun come up he'd kiss his sleeping daughter
Steer out through the channel and cast his nets into the water
Billy Sutter fought with Charlie Company in the highlands of Quang Tri
He was wounded in the battle of Chu Lai, shipped home in '68
There he married and worked the gulf fishing grounds in a boat that'd been his father's
In the morning he'd kiss his sleeping son and cast his nets into the water
Billy sat in front of his TV as the South fell and the communists rolled into Saigon
He and his friends watched as the refugees came, settled on the same streets and worked the coast they'd grew up on
Soon in the bars around the harbor was talk of America for Americans
Someone said "You want 'em out, you got to burn 'em out." and brought in the Texas Klan
One humid Texas night there were three shadows on the harbor come to burn the Vietnamese boats into the sea
In the fire's light shots rang out, two Texans lay dead on the ground, Le stood with a pistol in his hand
A jury acquitted him in self-defense as before the judge he did stand
But as Le walked down the courthouse steps, Billy said, "My friend you're a dead man."
One late summer night Le stood watch along the waterside
Billy stood in the shadows, his K-bar knife in his hand and the moon slipped behind the clouds
Le lit a cigarette, the bay was still as glass
As he walked by Billy stuck his knife into his pocket, took a breath and let him pass
In the early darkness Billy rose up, went into the kitchen for a drink of water
Kissed his sleeping wife, headed into the channel and cast his nets into the water of Galveston Bay
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#68 Jerry Sims (Mr. President) America Will Rise Again Single · (Mr. President) America Will Rise Again / Remember My Name · Bigg Tyme # 7777 · USA
Credited on the record as Jerry Sims & the Kenny Pierce Band.
Notes
(Mr. President) America Will Rise Again (Sims, Jerry)

Country, post-war patriotic.
Modesto, California, USA
Politicians time to stand up to the Arabs - oil crisis (late 70s?)
Korea, Vietnam, Japan - been to every land spilling our blood for useless causes
Take care of people at home
Notes
Bigg Tyme Record Co. 7777-A, 1905 Bartley Ct., Modesto, Calif.; "(Mr. President) America Will Rise Again" (J. Sims, V. Neumann, V. Rowe), publisher Twin Oaks (BMI), time 3:17; credited to Jerry Sims & the Kenny Pierce Band. White label printed in red and blue. [From the record sleeve and labels]
Genre: ♪ Country
#69 Gog Seidl Cap anamur (Boat People Mainburg) Single · Cap anamur / Reis · Not On Label · Austria
Credited on the record as Gog Seidl & Sonnenlicht.
Notes
Green label, stereo 45, side A, with photo background of Vietnamese refugees; "Boat People Mainburg – Gog Seidl – Cap Anamur" (G. Seidl); German rights text around the rim.

The picture sleeve front shows a photograph of refugees in an overcrowded boat at sea with another vessel behind, titled "Boat People Mainburg – Gog Seidl & Sonnenlicht – Cap Anamur · Reis".

The back shows a group photograph, the lyric of "Cap Anamur" (Text und Musik: Gog Seidl), telling of Kim To fleeing Saigon by sea, and the note "Von dieser Schallplatte kommt DM 1.- dem Konto »Ein Schiff für Vietnam« zugute." [From the record sleeve and labels]
Lyrics
English
Kim To, from Saigon
Thought: I have to dare it
I'll slip away
Without saying anything
After thirty years of war
Everything was supposed to get better
But since the red brother's victory
There has been hell here on earth
Cap Anamur
Hope on the sea
Cap Anamur
How we searched for you
For many days
Hunger, thirst, a thousand fears
And loneliness too
That beset Kim To
But she only thought
Even if they hate me
I have no choice
I must leave Vietnam
Cap Anamur
We thank you so much
German
Kim To aus Saigon
Dacht' ich muß es wagen
Stehle mich davon
Ohne was zu sagen
Nach dreißig Jahren Krieg
Sollte alles besser werden
Doch seit des, rotten Bruders Sieg
Ist die Holle hier auf Erden
Cap Anamur
Hoffnung auf dem Meer
Cap Anamur
Wir wir suchten dich so sehr
Viele tage lang
Hunger, durst, tausend Angste
Dazu die Eisenamkeit
Die Kim To bedrangte
Doch sie dachte nur
Wenn sie mich auch hassen
Mir bleibt keine Wahl
Muß Vietnam verlassen
Cap Anamur
Wir danken dir so sehr
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Genre: ♪ Pop
#70 Gerard Addat Les Vagues du Mekong Single · Les Vagues du Mekong / Mes Souvenirs de Saigon · Đồng Vọng # 131523 · France
Notes
Les vagues du Mékong (Addat, Gerard)
Mes souvenirs de Saïgon (Addat, Gerard)

About the Vietnamese refugee crisis: "the boat people".
French release. Late 70s?
Notes
Black Đồng Vọng label, GA 131523, 45 tours, SACEM/SDRM, "Made in France". Face A: "Les Vagues du Mékong" (Trung-Quang / Huy-Nam), version française Gérard Addat. Face B: "Mes Souvenirs de Saïgon" (G. Addat - J. Malja).

The picture sleeve front shows a sepia photograph of thatched stilt houses and sampans on the Mekong, titled "Les Vagues du Mékong – Gérard Addat" with the Đồng Vọng name.

The back shows Addat in a dinner jacket and bow tie, with the text: "Français, né à Saïgon. Il rencontre un jour l'Association DONG VONG à Paris puis inspiré, il décide alors de chanter le VIETNAM et aussi pour ses amis des 'Boat-people'." It gives an enquiries address ("Renseignements : Ecrire à Le Hoang Minh (S.7), 22, avenue de Suffren, 75015 Paris") and carries a "S.E.E. Lafaury, Le Gérant" stamp.

No running times are printed. [From the record sleeve and labels]
Genre: ♪ Chanson
#71 Gerard Addat Mes Souvenirs de Saigon Single · Les Vagues du Mekong / Mes Souvenirs de Saigon · Đồng Vọng # 131523 · France
Annotation: see “Les Vagues du Mekong” above (same release).
Genre: ♪ Chanson
#72 Tran Van Minh Vietnamesische Volkslieder (5 untitled Vietnamese folk songs) EP · Minh singt seine Sehnsucht: Lieder aus Vietnam · Teldec # T 76 134 · Vietnam
Credited on the record as Tran-van-Minh (11 Jahre), kommentiert von Frau Jung, Terre des Hommes, Berlin.
Notes
Vietnamesische Volkslieder 1 (Minh, Tran Van)
Vietnamesische Volkslieder 2 (Minh, Tran Van)

Vietnamese folk music.
Sung By the Blind Tran Van Minh (11 Years Old).
Rescued during the war.
Commented By Frau Jung, Terre Des Hommes, Berlin - child relief charity.
Notes
Teldec "Telefunken-Decca" T 76 134 (matrices 45-9/56 466 and 467), West Germany, 7" 45 EP, undated; Terre des Hommes Berlin benefit record ("Der Reinerlös fließt in die Arbeit von Terre des Hommes"). Vietnamese folk songs sung by the blind eleven-year-old Tran Van Minh, with spoken commentary by Frau Jung of Terre des Hommes Berlin; sleeve text: Minh, born in Hué, lost a leg and his sight to shrapnel, was flown to West Germany by the Terre des Hommes airlift "Unternehmen Schöne Wolke" and lived among thirty Vietnamese children at the Friedensdorf Oberhausen; the songs are adult songs of longing for peace, for a future "like the spring in the North", for reunification, and a soldier's love song.

Cover photo H. J. Kartenberg, Gladbeck. Stated on center labels: gesungen vom blinden Tran-van-Minh (11 Jahre); kommentiert von Frau Jung, Terre Des Hommes, Berlin; Fabrikation: TELDEC Telefunken-Decca Schallplatten GmbH, Hamburg. Lacquer cut by Karl Schick at TELDEC-Studio Hamburg; photo H. J. Kartenberg. EP of five untitled Vietnamese folk songs with commentary by Frau Jung of Terre des Hommes, Berlin, manufactured by TELDEC, Hamburg. [From the record sleeve and labels]

(4) Resettlement & Memory (2000–present)

Later songs look back on the crossing and on life in the countries where the refugees settled, often written by their children.

2005

#73 Kyiv Symphony Orchestra and Chorus Việt Nam 1975 (Symphony) 2005 · Album · Vietnam 1975 · Not On Label · Ukraine
Credited on the record as Київський симфонічний оркестр та хор.

2016

#74 The Sinking Teeth Saigon 2016 · Album · Songs From the Bottom of the Lake · Not On Label # TST02 · Australia
Annotation
Indie rock group, formed in 2011 in Brunswick, Victoria, Australia. Its line-up consisted of Julian Doan, Adrian Van Bloom, and Nick Manuell. The song "Saigon" looked at the impact of the war on a Vietnam vet, suffering from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) - frequently referenced in post-war 1980s songs about US veterans, often connected in songs to stress, shell shock, flashbacks, nostalgia, and feelings and dreams related to an event: "a flash back to youth pulled you away, in a crowded boat you crossed the waves" .
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Notes
Self-released, 11 November 2016.
Lyrics
English
Your hands are weathered and dry
You wiped down the walls
And you bleached the sky
A pain in your back since 87
The roses have since never looked the same
And unpaid service just for the love
Us kids are fine, us kids are fine
You say there's not enough money
And not enough to keep the colour in your eyes
Come back and
Continue to colour
To the outlines
Of our lives
Even though we talk it's not the same
I need to refresh the memory of your face
Dust lies in every crease you made
A flash back to youth pulled you away
In a crowded boat you crossed the waves
Old blood at home, new life was made
They never knew how far you'd stray
Only to return to your birth place
Come back and
Continue to colour
To the outlines
Of our lives
I tried so hard
To make it easier on you
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2018

#75–77 No-No Boy 1942 2018 · Album · USA
All 3 songs from this album in the archive are in this collection
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#75 No-No Boy Little Saigon 2018 · Album · 1942 · USA
Notes
Track 11 of 1942 (3:18): the singer imagines Little Saigon — its shops, music, language and cafés — as the place where he belongs; partly sung in French. "Boat People" (2) and "Lam Thi Dep" (5) are also in the archive; the rest of the album is about the Japanese American internment of 1942. [From the Bandcamp lyrics]
#76 No-No Boy Boat People 2018 · Album · 1942 · USA
Notes
Track 2 of 1942 (4:38): a doctor's escape from Vietnam by sea, pirates included, set beside the singer's mother's own emigration and today's arguments over immigration. [From the Bandcamp lyrics]
#77 No-No Boy Lam Thi Dep 2018 · Album · 1942 · USA
Notes
Track 5 of 1942 (3:21), named after the woman guerrilla of the 1972 photograph, shown with a rifle taken from dead infantry; a Vietnamese American woman among academics reflects on her family's refugee past, Miss Saigon and "Uncle Ho". [From the Bandcamp lyrics]

2021

#78–81 No-No Boy 1975 2021 · Album · Smithsonian Folkways # SFW CD 40592 · USA
All 4 songs from this album in the archive are in this collection
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#78 No-No Boy St. Denis or Bangkok, From a Hotel Balcony 2021 · Album · 1975 · Smithsonian Folkways # SFW CD 40592 · USA
#79 No-No Boy Imperial Twist 2021 · Album · 1975 · Smithsonian Folkways # SFW CD 40592 · USA
#80 No-No Boy Tell Hanoi I Love Her 2021 · Album · 1975 · Smithsonian Folkways # SFW CD 40592 · USA
#81 No-No Boy Khmerica 2021 · Album · 1975 · Smithsonian Folkways # SFW CD 40592 · USA

2025

#82 Star Matriarch Mỹ Lai to Rafah 2025 · Album · Red Ship · Exotic Fever · USA
Annotation
“My Lai to Rafah”

also cover of Trinh Cong Son’s anti-war song “Xin Cho Tôi”.

From interview in Punk News

" My parents were refugees from the Vietnam War, aka the American War. Out of all the ongoing atrocities caused by the US foreign policy of my lifetime, Palestine feels the most personal, and I wanted to explore why - why have my intergenerational wounds been feeling that much more acute ever since October 7th? Aside from the fact that this latest round has been the most public, the most blatant acts of unapologetic genocide, aside from the fact that as a mother it should not be mere privilege to witness my kids grow while their peers across the globe live under such horrific violence.

This song taps into sacred rage, an indictment of the Eurocentric cultural norms, the resource-grabbing, manifest destiny BS that allows for this violence. Musically, it revolves around my interpretation of the nawari rhythm, which I was introduced to when studying Dabke, a traditional dance popular in the Levant region, including Palestine. Watching people dabke collectively, in community, and in this geopolitical context, is incredibly life-affirming to witness.
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Notes
Bui's track-by-track (Punknews) links her parents' refugee experience to Rafah; built on a nawari rhythm learned from dabke. The album's cover of Trịnh Công Sơn's "Xin Cho Tôi" is a separate track. Digital June 2025; vinyl January 2026. Exotic Fever Records, P.O. Box 297, College Park, Maryland. [From the Rate Your Music label page]
Lyrics
English
That night I dreamt of a violent sky
Of our ancestors’ grieving faces
In a cloud of smoke and debris
Helplessly watching their babies bleed
Their bones dry beneath my feet
My cries carried by a cinnamon haze
Their bones embraced by the earth and we’re one, so we move
Oh the moon was our witness /Oh ooh the moon our star witness
You trying to fight me in my own jungle?
It’s not a maze in your sweet little pumpkin patch
So you Set fire to fields you’re too weak to work
Bomb mountains you’re just too weak to climb
Set fire to fields you’re too weak to work
To the stone age, back to the stone age?
Fuck your empire, fuck your weapons
Fuck your uninspired prayers
Fuck your family, cuz where’s my family, my whole family, family, family…
Oooh, the moon, is she your witness?
Oh the moon’s our star witness
Oh who gave you the right?
Oh the moon bless our sacred revenge
Fuck your money, fuck your currency
Fuck your agents named after the rainbow
Fuck your technology, your “innovations”
Fuck your Roman script, we have our own
Fuck your canonical works of whatever
Fuck your canonical works of whatever
Fuck your canonical works of whatever
Whatever whatever, whatever, whatever, ever ever ever
But From Mỹ Lai to Rafah,
We live and love harder than you’ll ever know
From Sand Creek to Rafah
We live and love harder than you’ll ever know
Batangas to Rafah
We live and love harder than you’ll ever know
Port Âu Prince to Rafah
We live and love live and love
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Key stats

81 songs · 31 releases · 30 artists · 25 labels · 1966–2025 · 1 more list entries have no record page yet and are not counted here

Time period
  • 1988 is the peak year, with 33 songs.
  • 1985–88 holds 45 of the 76 dated songs — more than half in four years.
  • 7 were released during the war years (to 1975); 74 came after.
  • Five records are undated.
Artists
  • 30 artists for 81 songs. The most represented is Tony Coe, with 33.
  • Five of the artists are still unidentified beyond the record: no line-up, no biography.
Songwriters
  • Songwriter gender is recorded for 59 of the 81 songs: 58 by men and one by mixed teams.
  • By performer: 68 men, eight mixed groups and five women (recorded for 81).
  • 44 named songwriters. The most often credited is Tony Coe, with 33.
Labels
  • 17 of the 25 labels appear exactly once; nato has the most, with 33.
  • Nine sit on a major or well-known imprint — Geffen, Columbia, I.R.S., Philips. The other 72 are on independent, regional or private labels.
  • Three are private pressings with no label at all.
  • Two 45s put both of their sides into this list.
Locations
  • 36 of the 81 are French.
  • Paris accounts for 35 records, more than any other city; Salem has eight, Washington four.
  • Then 22 American, five British, three German, three Japanese, three Dutch, two Australian, and six other countries.
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