Childrens' Song Medley — 아동노래련곡 — Subtitles
Channel: Communist Communications
Date: 2020-01-08

Decided to upload this, because DPRK children songs don't get as much attention, as for example the Moranbong Band (which also performed at this New Year concert 2020). You see, children singing about being happy and how good their childhood is and enjoying New Year. Like anywhere else in the world.
(Speaking about Moranbong Band, if you haven't yet, please read the description and commnets of the following video, it detailedly explains an issue that somebody is copyrighting their music without permission: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-pR0B7HWT3U It also has a nice version of "Peace is on our bayonets" as background music.)

I wonder if I need to mark this as "Made for children", not sure what to make of these new Youtube rules...

Song list:
00:00 We long to see the Marshal* — 보고싶은 원수님
01:16 My country, which I like best — 제일 좋은 내 나라
1:56 The happiest day — 제일 기쁜 날
2:56 We are happy — 우리는 행복해요

*More literally "Marshal, whom we want to see", but in English language that sounds strange and not like something that children would sing. The Marshal is, again, comrade Kim Jong Un, except when the lyrics say otherwise (in the last song it's Kim Il Sung).

I'd like to also say something about the 2nd song, 《제일 좋은 내 나라》, just to be sure that really nobody misunderstands it. With all those words about palaces. It's not about restoration of feudalist system. A "children's palace" is where the children can go after school to learn and do various things. Here a video of Mangyongdae Schoolchildren Palace (in Pyongyang) as an example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vEErSWeHtoA That's what the song is about.

Finding the lyrics for all this was hard.  But at least I found lots of other nice videos while searching. Of 《제일 좋은 내 나라》, there is an instrumental performance by a young girl and boy on a piano, see: http://61.161.232.163/contents/uritv/screenmusic/2014/11/uritv_screenmusic_2014-11-17_dnmovie24419.flv And here a video recording, which for whatever reason has the same name as the song that I was searching, of a boy playing on janggo (traditional Korean percussion instrument): http://61.161.232.163/contents/uritv/screenmusic/2012/10/uritv_screenmusic_2012-10-29_dnmovie12093.flv .
I also found this collection of children songs with more political lyrics and lovely pioneer children (and also some girls of younger age, in these colourful dresses): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qbVbEgWnRac I plan to translate some parts of it somewhen in the future.

(I hope I didn't make significant mistakes here, it's deep into the night already. If I did, please point it out, I'll correct.)