LANDLUBBER MARCH, 1999

SONG FROM THE COLD WAR

 

This is a song from my childhood, in Mandarin with English translation:

Mandarin  English translation
Wawa guo, wawa bing  Kingdom of dolls, soldiers of dolls
Jinfa lan yanjing  Blond, with blue eyes
Wawa guowang huxu chang  The king of dolls with long beard
Qima chu wanggong  Is riding a horse out of his palace
Wawa bing zai yanxi  The soldiers of dolls are having a maneuver
Tifang diren gong  Preparing for the time when the enemy attacks
Jiguanqiang da da da  Machine guns going da da da
Yuanzi pao hong hong hong  Atomic cannons going boom boom boom

--Kai-hsu Tai

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