From: ma@wuche2.wustl.edu (Xingdong Ma)
Subject: Re: <<Olive Tree>>
Organization: none
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 92 03:00:08 GMT

In article <14kbr7INN9kp@network.ucsd.edu> eric@sdphu1.ucsd.edu (Bo Yang) writes:
>In article <1992Jul22.015516.1@sara.cc.utu.fi> shanwang@sara.cc.utu.fi writes:
>>
>>    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>    !	                                                                   !
>>    !	    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:
>
>--------------------------------------------------------------
>
>           < 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...
 ^^^^
 All of the "you2"'s should be "liu2" ?
>
>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
>
>
>
>Y A N G ,   B O                      < e r i c @ s d p h u 1 . u c s d . e d u >


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