戦争を知らない子供たち (Peace, Peace) [Children Who Don't Know About War (Peace, Peace)]

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Russian album featuring Vietnamese patriotic songs, titled "Tiếng hát quê hương" on Фирма Мелодия (# 030650) - the state-owned major record company of the USSR, established in 1964 as the "All-Union Gramophone Record Firm of the USSR Ministry of Culture Melodiya". The label released several records and songs dealing with the Vietnam War.1Sources1Wikipedia: Melodiya↩

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戦争を知らない子供たち (Peace, Peace) ("Children Who Don't Know About War") "We were born after the war / We grew up without knowing about war / As adults, we begin to walk / While humming songs of peace / I want you to remember our name / We are children who don't know about war / Young If you can't forgive me because I'm too long / If I can't forgive you because my hair is long / All that's left for me now is to hold back my tears and sing / I want you to remember our name / We're children who don't know war / The blue sky If you like flower petals / If you're a nice person who always has a smile / Let's walk together / Along the path where the beautiful sunset shines / I want you to remember our name / We're children who don't know about war / War Children who don't know"

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Annotation — European Songs

Vietnamese music, recorded and released in Moscow, Russia

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Annotation — Japanese Songs

The song "戦争を知らない子供たち (Peace, Peace)" ("Children Who Don't Know About War (Peace, Peace)") (Express # EP-1275) became a popular anti-war song during the Vietnam-era in Japan, with this single peaking at # 11 in the Japanese charts, selling over 300,000 copies.1 Lyrics by 北山修 [Osamu Kitayama], and music by 杉田二郎 [Jiro Sugita], which contained a generic peace message of the younger generation: "we grew up without knowing about war", and as adults "we begin to walk while humming songs of peace".Sources1Wikipedia: 戦争を知らない子供たち↩

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Lyrics

English: The war ended, and we were born / Not knowing war, we grew up / Becoming adults, we start to walk / Humming songs of peace / We want you to remember our name / We're the children who don't know war / If we're not forgiven for being too young / If we're not forgiven for having long hair / All that's left for me now / Is to hold back my tears and sing / We want you to remember our name / We're the children who don't know war / If you love the blue sky, if you love flower petals / If you're a lovely person who always has a smile / Whoever you are, let's walk together / Down the little path where the beautiful sunset shines / We want you to remember our name / We're the children who don't know war / We're the children who don't know war __________ Japanese: 戦争が終わって 僕らは生まれた / 戦争を知らずに 僕らは育った / おとなになって 歩きはじめる / 平和の歌を くちずさみながら / 僕らの名前を 覚えてほしい / 戦争を知らない 子供たちさ / 若すぎるからと 許されないなら / 髪の毛が長いと 許されないなら / 今の私に 残っているの / 涙をこらえて 歌うことだけさ / 僕らの名前を 覚えてほしい / 戦争を知らない 子供たちさ / 青空が好きで 花びらが好きで / いつでも笑顔の すてきな人なら / 誰でも一緒に 歩いてゆこうよ / きれいな夕陽が かがやく小道を / 僕らの名前を 覚えてほしい / 戦争を知らない 子供たちさ / 戦争を知らない 子供たちさ

Notes

this single peaking at # 11 in the Japanese charts, selling over 300,000 copies Express EP-1275 (EP-1275-A), stereo, 45 rpm, JASRAC, "Mfd. by Toshiba Musical Industries Ltd. in Japan"; "戦争を知らない子供たち / Peace Peace" (Osamu Kitayama-Jiro Sugita), 3:01, arranged and conducted by Shunichi Makaino, sung by ジローズ (Jiro's); flip "愛とあなたのために / For the Love & You" (北山修, 杉田二郎, arr. 馬飼野俊一), 3:24. The picture sleeve (東芝音楽工業, ¥400) is a black-and-white photograph of the duo. The back prints both lyrics, the melody of the A-side (© 1970 by Myrica Music Publishing Co., Ltd.) and a note that after the Schuberts broke up Jiro Sugita revived the name Jiro's from his amateur days for a new duo, with backing harmony by 森下次郎, a Kyoto folk musician who wrote Jun & Jun's debut "朝やけの空から". Housed in a Toshiba Records company sleeve. The lyrics speak for a postwar generation born after the war and raised without…

About the artist

Japanese folk group (Jiros) led by Jiro Kitayama, active around 1967-71; best known for 'Sensou o shiranai kodomotachi' ('Children Who Don't Know War'). [Source: Wikipedia]

Themes

Anti-War · Peace · Generation Gap

In collections

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