Du flyver dag og nat på Vietnam

Annotation

Røde Mor, group formed in 1970, København, Hovedstaden, Denmark, and disbanded in 1978, known for playing Dansktop - "Danish equivalent to Swedish Dansbandsmusik, German Volkstümliche Musik, and US Country; a coming together of folk and pop elements". The song "Du flyver dag og nat på Vietnam" ("You Fly Day and Night on Vietnam") (Demos # Demos 1) took an anti-war position, criticising the US the bombing, "ring of fire about Hanoi... turn your nose home... throw your bombs over Washington".

Annotation by Justin A. Brummer

Lyrics

English: The bright planes spun across the sky / Spun a ring of fire / A ring of fire fell around Hanoi / Little Johnny's bombs cover Vietnam over / Johnny flies day and night over Vietnam / Little Johnny, you have lost your war again / You have fought for the cause of capital / It's high time you turned your nose for home / Turn the machine for home today / Drop your bombs on Washington / You fly day and night in the south and the north / Your hands dance over the earth / But what is happening to Vietnam's cities today will happen / Happen to your own cities tomorrow / You can build your cities in Vietnam / From Denmark we blow with the wind / We rub salt in Vietnam's wounds / We export pork to swine / The fat swine stands on Vietnam's neck / You fly day and night over Vietnam __________ Danish: De lyse fly pa himien spandt / Spandt en ring af ild / En ring af ild om Hanoi Faldt / Lil' Johnny's bomber daeker Vietnam til / Johnny flyver dag og nat pa Vietnam / Lil' Johnny, du har tabt din krig igen / Du har kaempet kapitalens sag / Det er pa hoje tid du vender naesen hjem / Vend maskinen hjem i dag / Kast dine bomber over Washington / Du flyver dag og nat i syd og nord / Dine haender danser over jorden / Men det der sker med Vietnams byer i dag vil ske / Ske med dine egne byer i mogen / Du kan bygge dine byer i Vietnam / Fra Danmark blaeser vid med vinden / Vi drysser salt i Vietnams sar / Vi exporterer flaesk til svin / Det fede svin pa Vietnams nakke star / Du flyver dag…

Notes

Demos DEM 1 (side 2 matrix DEM 1 B), red label, ℗ 1970, "All rights reserved"; side 2 lists "Du flyver dag og nat på Vietnam" 2.15, "Lil' Johnny's mund" 3.12 and "Internationale" 1.16. The front of the picture sleeve shows the Røde Mor emblem, a red mother figure in a circle, with the title "Johnny gennem ild og vand"; the back shows a yellow star on a red and blue field. The back text states that Demos is a publisher and bookshop set up on the initiative of De Danske Vietnamkomiteer, dealing in socialist and anti-imperialist material; that Røde Mor is an artists' collective working with political, proletarian art; that this is the first in a planned record series, price 15 kr., with the surplus going to the work of De Danske Vietnamkomiteer; and that it can be bought from Demos, Grønnegade 37, 1107 København K. Credits: Steen Mørch (guitar/banjo), Ole Thilo (organ/piano), Troels Trier…

About the artist

formed in 1970, København, Hovedstaden, Denmark, and disbanded in 1978, known for playing Dansktop

Themes

Anti-War · Hanoi

In collections

European Songs · Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years]