Việt Nam quê hương tôi (Viet Nam, My Native Country)

Annotation — North Vietnamese Songs

The song "Việt Nam quê hương tôi" ("Viet Nam, My Native Country") is a well-known composition, performed by many artists, such as Bolero Việt Nam artist Thanh Thúy. Male vocals here credited to Duy Tân, female to Thúy Hà. The narrator took a positive tone: "spring is coming", noting a successful crop: "sugar cane green tea, white cotton... green rice fields". It contained a love story: "a young woman... young love... a man's heart". Also note the references to South Vietnam: "the South of our country... a green coconut forest... My country Vietnam is shining".

Annotation by Justin A. Brummer

Notes

Dihavina CKS 0004, 33 rpm, stereo, "Nhà xuất bản Văn hóa – Hà Nội Việt Nam", "Made in Czechoslovakia"; dark grey labels with silver Dihavina lettering, the rim reading "Thu thanh tại phòng thu Xưởng đĩa hát – Hà Nội Việt Nam"; run-out etched "CKS 0004 A/A". The front sleeve is a painting of bamboo, mauve mountains and palm trees on a shore, titled "Việt nam quê hương tôi" and "Vietnam, my native country". The back sleeve lists each song in Vietnamese and English with music (nhạc), lyrics (lời / lời thơ), accompaniment arrangement (soạn phần đệm), conductor (chỉ huy) and singers: Side A – "Như hoa hướng dương" (Tô Vũ / Hải Như; Tuyết Thanh và Thanh Hòa), "Những thành phố bên bờ biển cả" (Phạm Đình Sáu / Huy Cận; Kiều Hưng), "Bài ca biên giới" (Xuân Giao; lĩnh xướng Thanh Hòa – Minh Quang), "Tiếng hát sông Hồng" (Văn Ký; Duy Tân), "Bài ca thống nhất" (Võ Văn Di; Thu Hiền), "Việt nam ơi!…

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Various Artists

Themes

Vietnamese Perspective · Patriotic · Communism

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North Vietnamese Songs