Thank you for subscribing to Wu Fei’s Music Daily. This is the 50th episode —Guerrillas' Song 游击队之歌。
Happy Father’s Day everyone (this time for real — this was my last tune about Father’s Day a week early!
I recorded it yesterday with my father. He plays the sanxian on this one. Guerrillas' Song 游击队之歌 was a very popular song in China when I was a child. Until yesterday, both my father and I thought it was a Chinese tune. But we found out it is actually an old British military marching song called "The British Grenadiers" dating back to the 17th century.
The Chinese lyrics are below. This version was written in 1937 by He Luting during the Sino-Japanese war era, and popularized by the Communist Party People’s Liberation Army.
Both my father and I are glad that we now know the origin of this song that we’ve enjoyed playing for decades because it is a good tune! We had fun recording it as our father-daughter weekend hang!
Hope you are having a good weekend!
Wu Fei 吴非
wufeimusic.com
我们都是神枪手
每一颗子弹消灭一个敌人
我们都是飞行军
哪怕那山高水又深
在密密的树林里
到处都安排同志们的宿营地
在高高的山岗上
有我们无数的好兄弟
没有吃，没有穿，
自有那敌人送上前
没有枪，没有炮
敌人给我们造
我们生长在这里
每一寸土地都是我们自己的
无论谁要抢占去
我们就和他拼到底.
This photo was taken in late October 2009 in my parents’ old apartment in Beijing.
