Uspávanka matky z My Lai

Annotation

Eva Kostolányiová, a Slovak singer, dancer, actor, born on 02 November 1942 in Trnava Region, "Slovak Republic" (1939 - 1945) (then occupied by Nazi Germany, thus a satellite state), and died on 03 October 1975, in Bratislava, former Czechoslovakia - both these location are now in the contemporary country Slovakia.123. She started her career at v Slovenskom ľudovom umeleckom kolektíve–SĽUKu (The Slovak Folk Art Collective or SĽUK).4 This is a split release single, with three different artists. Kostolányiová recorded two of the songs, both of which dealt with the Vietnam War. The song "Pieseň o Vietname" (Opus # 90 33 0053) looked at the personal impact of the war: "voice of bombs... children dream of peace", while other "talk about the law to whom belongs Vietnam". The other song "Uspávanka matky z My Lai" focused on the My Lai Massacre, the mass murder of between 300-500 civilians in the South Vietnamese villages of My Lai and Song My by US forces on 16 March 1968, led by platoon leader, Second Lieutenant William Calley.. This took an interesting approach, with the narrator comparing their situation to those in My Lai: "my baby is already sleeping... My Lai are silent... hard to forget tonight".Sources1Wikipedia: Slovenská republika (1939 – 1945)↩2Wikipedia: Česko-Slovensko↩3Wikipedia: Slovensko↩4Wikipedia: Eva Kostolányiová↩

Annotation by Justin A. Brummer

Annotation — European Songs

Eva Kostolányiová, a Slovak singer, dancer, actor, born on 02 November 1942 in Trnava Region, "Slovak Republic" (1939 - 1945) (then occupied by Nazi Germany, thus a satellite state), and died on 03 October 1975, in Bratislava, former Czechoslovakia - both these location are now in the contemporary country Slovakia.123 She started her career at v Slovenskom ľudovom umeleckom kolektíve–SĽUKu (The Slovak Folk Art Collective or SĽUK).4 This is a split release single, with three different artists. Kostolányiová recorded two of the songs, both of which dealt with the Vietnam War. The song "Pieseň o Vietname" (Opus # 90 33 0053) looked at the personal impact of the war: "voice of bombs... children dream of peace", while other "talk about the law to whom belongs Vietnam". The other song "Uspávanka matky z My Lai" focused on the My Lai Massacre, the mass murder of between 300-500 civilians in the South Vietnamese villages of My Lai and Song My by US forces on 16 March 1968, led by platoon leader, Second Lieutenant William Calley. This took an interesting approach, with the narrator comparing their situation to those in My Lai: "my baby is already sleeping... My Lai are silent... hard to forget tonight". Sources1Wikipedia: Slovenská republika (1939 – 1945)↩2Wikipedia: Česko-Slovensko↩3Wikipedia: Slovensko↩4Wikipedia: Eva Kostolányiová↩

Annotation by Justin A. Brummer

Annotation — My Lai & Lt. William Calley Songs

Eva Kostolányiová, a Slovak singer, dancer, actor, born on 02 November 1942 in Trnava Region, "Slovak Republic" (1939 - 1945) (then occupied by Nazi Germany, thus a satellite state), and died on 03 October 1975, in Bratislava, former Czechoslovakia - both these location are now in the contemporary country Slovakia.123 She started her career at v Slovenskom ľudovom umeleckom kolektíve–SĽUKu (The Slovak Folk Art Collective or SĽUK).4 This is a split release single, with three different artists. Kostolányiová recorded two of the songs, both of which dealt with the Vietnam War. The song "Pieseň o Vietname" (Opus # 90 33 0053) looked at the personal impact of the war: "voice of bombs... children dream of peace", while other "talk about the law to whom belongs Vietnam". The other song "Uspávanka matky z My Lai" focused on the My Lai Massacre. This took an interesting approach, with the narrator comparing their situation to those in My Lai: "my baby is already sleeping... My Lai are silent... hard to forget tonight".Sources1Wikipedia: Slovenská republika (1939 – 1945)↩2Wikipedia: Česko-Slovensko↩3Wikipedia: Slovensko↩4Wikipedia: Eva Kostolányiová↩

Annotation by Justin A. Brummer

Lyrics

English: In my face, small nails of stars / I see the breeze crawling over my knees / The thistle of the sky is asleep now / The stone of dreams sleeps / And night falls, falls for a long time / Over my head / The night desert grinds within me / The butterfly of my lips fell silent long ago / My child is asleep now / My little son sleeps / My Lai is silent, cruelly silent / Along with him / And the night raises the rod / And the night strides with an empty sky / In its arms, before my judgement / From my mute lips a mute lullaby faintly took flight / This night is hard to forget / I have white nails of stars in my face / I see the breeze crawling over my knees / My child is asleep now / My little son sleeps / Perhaps I'll wake him with my bitter tear / And the night raises the rod / And the night strides, My Lai, with the sky / In its arms, before my judgement / From my mute lips a mute lullaby faintly took flight / This night is hard to forget / I have white nails of stars in my face / I see the breeze crawling over my knees / My child is asleep now / My little son sleeps / Perhaps I'll wake him with my bitter tear __________ Slovak: V tvári malé klince hviezd / vidím vánok po kolenách liezť / spí už bodliak neba / spí kameň snov / a noc padá, dlho padá / nad hlavou / Škrípe vo mne nočná púšť / dávno stíchol motýľ mojich úst / spí už dieťa moje / spí malý syn / My Lai mlčí, kruto mlčí / spolu s ním / A noc dvíha prút / a noc kráča s prázdnym nebom / v náručí pred môj súd /…

About the artist

born on 02 November 1942 in Trnava Region, "Slovak Republic" (1939 - 1945) (then occupied by Nazi Germany, thus a satellite state), and died on 03 October 1975, in Bratislava, former Czechoslovakia - both these location are now in the contemporary country Slovakia.

Themes

Anti-War · My Lai · Anti-Calley

In collections

European Songs · My Lai & Lt. William Calley Songs · Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years]