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%!IL 506 Doc 506 5lf~ an^ 'The Roaf Song" There are hu~ kknd~ of hats commonly u~ed on rivers in So~h Vietnam where I lived. One goe~ from one ciry ro annrherplace-that isthe currenrfl~wing boat-andon tlrt same body qfwarerpou willfind another kind ~har ~ahs people from [his side to rlre other .ride of! hc river - that is e cros.cinp hat. Many arc wry long and narrow in design to mkil eurier roflnw quickly along wi~h the cwrenr. They arc srrerchcd out so !here is plenty qf room ro carry many rhings. This sans 1s Irktr many qf rhe boat ,rOnRs, in I I ~ il I descrihm a kind of d~ralism: o man md a woman. this ~ p of e her and rhoi. difirent ways of rowing ond dflercnr dr rections. But they sing ahor41 union, or un(tificnrian, nnd ask m.I:v can'i their wixh of being united come me? In a way lr pre.wnu a gpnlle plea to look pasf difrerences and see the wny we can he joined 1 nstend. South of Saigon (now Ho Chi Minh City), the Mekong River delta of South Vietnam is washed by a system of rivets, hth large and small. The Mekong and numetousotherhivers make for a fertile agriculrural region. River fishing and the cultivation of rice paddies ate impant economic mainstays for the people of this region. People use small hats called d6 as their main mans ofwansportation in the region, for these rivers are their roads. Songs sung on boats are composed or improvised by the peasants. and am based In large past on their folk pwtry. These traditional poems contain riddles, comparison statements, and descriptions of nature. As the boatmen and batwomen row their boats dong with the curent, they sing to each other, teasing, developing friendships, and singing songs that test the hater's knowledge. Some of the son_gs fwus on the topic of making friends along the river, and ask the way to a vil !age or a particular home. And as with workers accompanied by sea shan ties or African or Arnesjcan Indian paddling chants, field hollers, chain gang cham ts or a drill cadences. or the rhythmic rhymes of the coxswain on a crew team, the rowers may dso find their songs help them work more efficiently and with less fatigue during a long hip. The words "'Khoan hr'ri hb Moan "' sung at the endings of "D6 Dgc D6 Npmg"symboli ze the sound of the water whirling abut the paddle, Tranrporring g d s to market on the Ngoc Sk, riva where it parres m front of Phong Nguym's hause in Sourh Y~cmam. The rivctboai is calIcd dfi. - 59 -
B6 Doc Bb gun^ (daw yawk daw ngahng) Refrain: Chorus: Soloisl: (kLvang haw* haw k'wang k'wang k'wang haw* haw -T*r*dv kWang.) Aem lah- ee kawng daw --- --- ngang, anh h 1 con dd - d e em md con dd - ngahng ahn shahng kawng daw yawk ahn lah- ee kawng claw yswk awn tr-er kawng daw Chorus: Vcrrs: Soloisf: ''F'ngngahng (KLvang haw+e haw k'wang k'wang haw-ee haw k'wang Mah-ee tah moh Chorus: Soloirl: dhg. (Khoan hdi hb k h d Sao yawng k'wang haw-ee haw k'wang shah* k'ohng dohng larmg mahng tee-eng hwai-ee trohng) Transhhn: RefrainIChorus: (The sound of water whirling about the paddle.) Verse 1: Verse 2: Verse 3: Verse 4: Girl:I row rhe crossing boat. Boy: You row the current-flowing boat. Boy: You row the current-flowing bat. Girl:I row the crossing boat. Tomorrow we will get together in the same stream. Why shouldn't our wish come true? Listen to me this time: Tomorrow we will be dressed in pink. (Literally: "Tied in pink thread\'.") Why shouldn't we be married? We will be husband and wife. We will have many children and grandchildren.
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From Rice Paddies and Temple Yards:
Page 7: about th AU~~LXS, 5 yorwarrd, 7 Lis
Page 11 and 12: Preface This book-and-tape set repr
Page 13 and 14: Vietnam and Neighboring Countries i
Page 16 and 17: Much of Vietnam's earliest history
Page 18 and 19: A strong division of public opinion
Page 20 and 21: In spite of diverse racial origins.
Page 22 and 23: Vietnamese Mwicd Form and instrumen
Page 24 and 25: 2 ~ mm~peec~ ccd~ong: Vietnamese Mu
Page 26 and 27: Since the middle of the twentieth c
Page 29: fnhnve) fldn tarn. a three-shged tr
Page 32: Wid imfiwnenrs include the bamb flu
Page 35: The music of pre-I975 Viemam contin
Page 39 and 40: "Now everybody feels relaxed after
Page 41 and 42: I learned this game song by ear fro
Page 43 and 44: '7 am shaking the handzerchief up a
Page 45 and 46: "The egret is flying, flying" I lea
Page 47 and 48: *Notated without embellishments hca
Page 49 and 50: Lg Chim Quyln " Song of the Nightin
Page 51 and 52: = sounds sligh~ly higher: k = sound
Page 53 and 54: %!I. Qua C&u Gib Bay " The Wind on
Page 55: TeachingILearning Sequence Level: G
Page 59 and 60: TeachingILearning Sequence Study Gu
Page 61 and 62: .!,= sounds slightly lower: T= soun
Page 63 and 64: "Golden Coin" or "Golden Fairy" Thi
Page 65 and 66: Transcription of Din Tranh Pe~orman
Page 67 and 68: x. Ly !~+$Jzzu 0 "Song of the Black
Page 69 and 70: XI. The Voice of the iring The Trad
Page 71 and 72: Study Guide TeachingILearning Seque
Page 73 and 74: Words and Tramlation: Chi7Hh Classi
Page 75 and 76: mote: for precise pronunciation, ch
Page 77 and 78: Guide - to the Companion Tape Side
Page 79 and 80: Le, Giang, Nhat Vu Lu, Van Hoa Nguy
Page 81 and 82: (Rmrh and Cassettes) Chau Van Posse
Page 83 and 84: hythm, 60 syncopation in, 67,70,71
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