Vietnam 67

Annotation

Chanson artist, born 31 October 1926, in Paris, France. Died on 12 June 1997, in Occitanie, France. She released this anti-war album with the song "Vietnam 67" (Le Chant du Monde # LDX-74319) which attacked US Defense Secretary Robert McNamara (1961-1968) and supported the North Vietnamese, referencing its leader Hồ Chí Minh: "so McNamara... you don't care... Ho Chi Minh told you, we won't be intimidated".

Annotation by Justin A. Brummer

Lyrics

French: Vietnam 67 / I no longer wonder / About the sex of angels / Vietnam 67 / Van Phan Dong said to me /" Come, give me your hand / You will see, here is the war of the bikes / So, comrade, your bike is reinforced / So, comrade, with 300 kg of food and ammunition / You will be able to supply us / But, comrade, all the bridges are cut / Yes but, comrade, last night / We have them all replaced / We won't be intimidated / A long time ago, for the morning harrowing / A long time ago, for the evening transplanting / There were two of us in the rice field / But one night my husband was taken away / With 400,000 men and their bombers / With 400,000 men and their toxic gases / Military defeat will follow political failure / Our peasants trained wild bees in combat / We are still here / So McNamara, the Geneva agreements / So McNamara, so you don't care / Ho Chi Min told you / We won't let ourselves be intimidated: Vietnam 67 / Long live the Vietnamese people "Vietnam 67 / Je ne m'interroge plus / Sur le sexe des anges / Vietnam 67 / Van Phan Dong m'a dit / "Viens, donne-moi la main / Tu verras, ici, c'est la guerre des vélos / Alors, camarade, ton vélo est renforcé / Alors, camarade, avec 300 kg de vivres et de munitions / Tu vas pouvoir nous ravitailler / Mais, camarade, tous les ponts sont coupés / Oui mais, camarade, la nuit dernière / On les a tous remplacés / Nous ne nous laisserons pas intimider / Il y a bien longtemps, pour les hersages du matin / Il y a bien longtemps…

About the artist

French singer and political songwriter, born 31 October 1926 in Paris; died 12 June 1997 in Villefranche-de-Rouergue, France. [Source: Wikipedia]

Themes

Anti-War · McNamara · Ho Chi Minh

In collections

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