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Song
For 'Water -Buffalo - original poem and song
Poem read by Wendy Poussard
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20s
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Song
For 'Water -Buffalo - original poem and song
Song played by Suigyu (Water
Buffalo) Band |
20s
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A Water Buffalo - for accordion solo
Poem In Russian |
20s
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A Water Buffalo - for accordion solo
Bayan Solo |
20s
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A Water Buffalo - for accordion solo
Poem In Japanese |
20s
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A Water Buffalo - for accordion solo
Accordion Solo |
20s
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A Water Buffalo - for accordion solo
Poem In German |
20s
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A Water Buffalo - for accordion solo
Bayan Solo |
20s
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A Water Buffalo - for accordion solo
Poem In Finnish |
20s
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A Water Buffalo - for accordion solo
Accordion Solo |
20s
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Famous accordion
performers Friedrich Lips, Mie Miki, Elsbeth Moser, Matti Rantanen
are the artists on this CD.
Water Buffalo is a friend of peasants in Southeast Asia for centuries,
although in these days they are being replaced by the tractors "the
iron water buffalo".
We took the name for our band we formed to introduce Thai protest
songs in 1970s against military dictatorship. Australian poet and
activist Wendy Poussard visited our home one day and wrote the poem
for the band, to which I then composed a melody. This melody and
the accompaniment inspired by the sound of the wooden cowbells which
water buffalos have hanging from their neck, are turned into a piece
for accordion solo, which Mie Miki asked me to write music from
my heart for her instrument. That was in 1985 and I asked her to
give the music to anyone who wanted to see the score. As a song
reachs the ears behind the prison walls, and is handed down from
musician to musician, we hope this music will strongly transmit
the sound of freedom.
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