(Quang Ngai Newspaper) - "My hometown Ba To!/ Echoing the oath/ Ba To Guerrilla Team "sacrificed for the Fatherland"/ Cao Muon Mountain stands tall, engraved in the golden history/ Bows and arrows, spears, lances, weaving thousands of feats...". Those are the proud lyrics praising the revolutionary hometown of Ba To through the song "Ba To Song" composed by musician Tran Cong Nghi - Director of the Center for Communication - Culture - Sports of Mo Duc district.
Ba To is a heroic land, where the Ba To Uprising (March 11, 1945) took place, which went down in the revolutionary history of the Vietnamese people as a legend. Towards the 80th anniversary of the Ba To Uprising (March 11, 1945 - March 11, 2025), in early February 2025, musician Tran Cong Nghi composed the song "Ba To Song". Musician Tran Cong Nghi shared, I wrote the song as a tribute to the contributions and sacrifices of generations of soldiers and people of Ba To district, to the heroic Ba To Guerrilla Team - the predecessor of the armed forces of Military Region 5. With primitive weapons "bows and arrows, spears, and halberds", the Ba To Guerrilla Team rose up to revolt and "weave thousands of feats of arms", making the victory of the Ba To Uprising.
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| Song "Ba To Song" by musician Tran Cong Nghi. |
“Ba To Song” was composed by musician Tran Cong Nghi from the Ta Leu melody of the Hre people. With a fast, exciting rhythm, the song expresses the hustle and bustle, the heroic and fresh atmosphere of the heroic land of Ba To. At the beginning of the song, the cheerful lyrics summarize the poetic beauty of the land and people of Ba To, rich in cultural identity, bustling with gong sounds, smooth and profound Ta Leu and Ca Choi melodies. Along with that is a majestic Ba To with captivating beauty. The land of Ba To is charming, full of love, making people's hearts filled with emotions. "Mountains upon mountains/ Majestic mountains/ Wandering clouds beside the vast green forest/ Tilting down, the indifferent morning sun/ The Ta Leu song lingers in the afternoon.../ The day is filled with the sound of gongs and drums/ The night is vast, the Ca Choi song calls for love/ My homeland! Full of aspirations/ So much love, warmth, a happy life...".
The next piece of music has a heroic rhythm, the musician skillfully pushes the notes up high, with emotional lyrics about the exploits of the Ba To Guerrilla Team, contributing to beautifying the heroic history of the Vietnam People's Army. "My hometown Ba To!/ Echoing the oath/ The Ba To Guerrilla Team "sacrificed for the Fatherland"/ The towering Cao Muon Mountain engraves the golden history/ Bows and arrows, spears, lances, weaving thousands of exploits...". At the end of the song, musician Tran Cong Nghi writes notes full of faith and emotion about a new Ba To. The army and people of Ba To are heroic in combat and heroic in peacetime; united in heart and strength, building the homeland to become more and more beautiful. “My hometown Ba To/ Life changes day by day/ Houses are spacious/ Roads are spacious/ Children happily go to school/ Smiles on their lips/ My hometown Ba To is poetic and peaceful/ The purple sim garden is fragrant/ Her eyes smile charmingly/ Birds lean towards the mountain/ The Lien river is blue/ Ton Dung is vast in the moonlight”. Musician Tran Cong Nghi skillfully repeated the refrain “My hometown Ba To”. How lovely, a Ba To was awarded the title of Hero of the People's Armed Forces (in 1972) and the title of Hero of Labor in the renovation period (in 2006).
Musician Tran Cong Nghi is currently a member of the Provincial Literature and Arts Association and the Vietnam Musicians Association. Up to now, he has composed over 60 songs with many themes. Among them, the most prominent are songs praising the homeland, the country, the glorious Party, and beloved Uncle Ho. In addition to musician Tran Cong Nghi, many musicians also have compositions about the land of Ba To such as: "Ba To my hometown" (musician Nguyen The Truyen); "Day ve Ba To" (musician Pham Dang Khuong); "Guerrilla Ba To" (musician Duong Minh Hien)... The revolutionary land of Ba To with its resounding victories in the resistance war has entered poetry and music, being a catalyst and inspiration for many writers and artists.
On the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the Ba To Uprising, songs about Ba To, including those composed by musician Tran Cong Nghi, resounded. Every mountain, river, and village in the Ba To highlands today is lit up with electric lights, bustling with the sound of gongs, a prosperous life, and the joy shining in every Ba To resident... have entered the songs with pride in a heroic land.
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