GETchan | Himno a la Paz (Himno del M-19) - Hymn to Peace (Anthem of the M-19) @GETchan | Uploaded 4 years ago | Updated 17 hours ago
The anthem of the former 19th of April Movement (Movimiento 19 de Abril), a left-wing guerrilla in Colombia that allied with the FARC, ELN, and others. After some major losses in the late 1980s, it laid down its weapons in 1990 to become a political party and gradually faded into obscurity. At its height, it was the second-largest guerrilla group in Colombia, only behind the FARC.
Translation notes:
• "We clutch onto a sword" — A reference to one of the first actions carried out by the M-19, taking one of Simón Bolívar's swords from a museum for symbolic reasons. It was later returned when the group became a political party, seen as a symbol of their disarmament.
• Commander Pablo — Nom de guerre of Jaime Bateman Cayón, the first supreme commander of the M-19 and one of its co-founders.
Performer: Los Escamilla
Year recorded: 1985
Composer: Raúl Rosero Polo
Lyricist: Nelsón Osorio Marín
Source: Deleted YouTube video (audio cleaned by me)
Picture: M-19 members carrying the coffin of Mayor Afranio Parra Guzmán in 1989.
The anthem of the former 19th of April Movement (Movimiento 19 de Abril), a left-wing guerrilla in Colombia that allied with the FARC, ELN, and others. After some major losses in the late 1980s, it laid down its weapons in 1990 to become a political party and gradually faded into obscurity. At its height, it was the second-largest guerrilla group in Colombia, only behind the FARC.
Translation notes:
• "We clutch onto a sword" — A reference to one of the first actions carried out by the M-19, taking one of Simón Bolívar's swords from a museum for symbolic reasons. It was later returned when the group became a political party, seen as a symbol of their disarmament.
• Commander Pablo — Nom de guerre of Jaime Bateman Cayón, the first supreme commander of the M-19 and one of its co-founders.
Performer: Los Escamilla
Year recorded: 1985
Composer: Raúl Rosero Polo
Lyricist: Nelsón Osorio Marín
Source: Deleted YouTube video (audio cleaned by me)
Picture: M-19 members carrying the coffin of Mayor Afranio Parra Guzmán in 1989.
![Eesti NSV Hümn (Stalini Versioon) - Anthem of the Estonian SSR (Stalin Version) [Full]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/vxEK-UJSCfo/hqdefault.jpg "Eesti NSV Hümn (Stalini Versioon) - Anthem of the Estonian SSR (Stalin Version) [Full]
The available recording of this song on YouTube is incomplete, missing the second stanza and the very end of the final one. In addition, the pitch of that recording is unusually high. Here is the full version with the correct pitch.
Year recorded: 1945
Lyricist: Johannes Semper
Composer: Gustav Ernesaks
Year written: 1944")
![Україна і Росія - Ukraine and Russia (Soviet Friendship Song) [Ukrainian Version]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/xenaMVmzAWQ/hqdefault.jpg "Україна і Росія - Ukraine and Russia (Soviet Friendship Song) [Ukrainian Version]
Russian version: https://youtu.be/SeNE2xVFRSA
Performer: State Choir of the Ukrainian SSR Dumka (Державна капела УРСР «Думка»)
Composer: Vano Muradeli (ვანო მურადელი)
Lyricist: Aleksandr Kovalenkov (Александр Коваленков)
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-v56HE5B2A&t=766s
Image: Celebration of 300 years of unity of Ukraine and Russia, 1954. Banner text: Long live the eternal friendship of the Russian and Ukrainian peoples! (Хай живе віковічна дружба російського і українського народів!)")
![Vì Nhân Dân Quên Mình - We Fight for the People [First Recording]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/zDLb8FOMMmw/hqdefault.jpg "Vì Nhân Dân Quên Mình - We Fight for the People [First Recording]
Often considered to be the anthem of the Peoples Army of Vietnam, this is the first recording of the song, digitised by me from a 1951 shellac record. The songs title literally means We Forget Ourselves for the People, but it has come to be known in English as We Fight for the People.
1970s recording: https://youtu.be/CVoUOxaLAG8
Modern recording: https://youtu.be/-SNck1Oc6PM
Year recorded: 1951
Lyricist/Composer: Doãn Quang Khải
Year Written: 1951
Source: Shellac Record Sấm Xoan / Vì Nhân Dân Quên Mình / Mặt Trơì Còn Sáng
Image: Viet Minh troops plant their flag over the captured French headquarters at Dien Bien Phu, 1954.")
