From: eric@sdphu1.ucsd.edu (Bo Yang)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.china
Subject: <<Olive Tree>>
Date: 22 Jul 1992 19:10:31 GMT
Organization: University of California, San Diego
NNTP-Posting-Host: sdphu1.ucsd.edu

In article <1992Jul22.015516.1@sara.cc.utu.fi> shanwang@sara.cc.utu.fi writes:
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>    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>    !	                                                                   !
>    !	    Helleo, Every one,                                             !
>    !      ...                                                            !
>    !	    cially morden pop song.  I remember that  there is one         !
>    !	    named << Olive Tree >>, so moving and unforgetive. But         !
>    !	    I can only remember two  sentences of the whole words.         !
>    !	                                                                   !
>    !	    Now here...                                                    !
>    !                                                                      !
>    !	    "...Do not ask where I am from,                                !
>    !	     ...My home is far away ..."                                   !
>    !                                                                      !
>    !	    Sorry,  I can only remind these two now.  Can  anybody         !
>    !	    give me a help for the rest?	                           !
>    !                                                                      !
>    !                                                                      !
>    ########################################################################


The lyrics was written by San1 Mao2. Here's what I remembered:

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           < Gan3 Lan3 Shu4 >

Bu2 yao4 wen4 wo3 cong2 na3 li3 lai2,
Wo3 de gu4 xiang1 zai4 yuan3 fang1,
wei4 shen2 mo you2 lang4,
you2 lang4 yuan3 fang1,
you2 lang4...

Wei4 le shan1 jian1 qing1 liu2 de xiao3 xi1,
Wei4 le tian1 kong1 fei1 xiang2 de xiao3 niao3,
Wei4 le kuan1 kuo4 de cao3 yuan2,
you2 lang4 yuan3 fang1,
you2 lang4...

Hai2 you3, hai2 you3,
Wei4 le meng4 zhong1 de gan3 lan3 shu4,
Gan3 lan3 shu4.
Bu2 yao4 wen4 wo3 cong2 na3 li3 lai2,
Wo3 de gu4 xiang1 zai4 yuan3 fang1.
Wei4 shen2 mo you2 lang4,
Wei4 shen2 mo you2 lang4, 
Yuan3 fang1 ?
...
Wei4 le wo3 meng4 zhong3 de,
Gan3 lan3 shu4.

La, la, la, la,
la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la,
La, la, la, la, la, la, la, 
la, la, la, la, la.

Bu2 yao4 wen4 wo3 cong2 na3 li3 lai2...

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However, I have to remind you, this is a Taiwanese pop song, originally from
a movie. If you care to mention any pop song writter from China, there's at
least one, Cui1 Jian4. Go with "Bu2 Zai4 Yan3 Shi4", "Yi1 Wu2 Suo3 You3",
or for soft hits, "Hua1 Fang2 Gu1 Niang", and earlier, "Lang4 Zi3 Gui1".

Can't think of anyone else, if you don't care about those sisy Taiwan or
Hongkong followers .  Maybe someone of great Wen2 Cai3 from s.c.c could go
home and write some decent pop songs some day, let's hope :-)

-- Bo



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