FReeper Canteen ~ Tell Us Your Favorite "Country To Visit" Songs ~ 12 February 2021

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[Southside_Chicago_Republican]

Gordon Lightfoot — “Canadian Railroad Trilogy”

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Yzo6Otpgj-E

[Kathy in Alaska]

Funny how song meanings can change over time. Thanks, Fai Mao. ((HUGS))

[Kathy in Alaska]

Thanks, deks. ((HUGS))

[mylife]

Dats where Dino was from.

[ETL]

Wow, those are some heavy lyrics. Hope the song does the lyrics justice.

[Cecily]

Africa - Toto

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTQbiNvZqaY

[ETL]

That’s what I thought you might be saying or suggesting. However, I looked it up and found he was apparently from Ohio, Steubenville. Unless the family moved sometime later?

There’s no mention of West Virginia in this Wikipedia piece...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dean_Martin#Early_life

[ZirconEncrustedTweezers]

Sort of along that line...

Muse - Stockholm Syndrome

[ZirconEncrustedTweezers]

Monty Python - Finland

[Fiji Hill]

Here's one from the country that will soon hold the US in vassalage.

Quest--Chou Hsuan & Yan Hua (1940)

Little girl, little girl, what flowers are so good, what flowers are fragrant?
I love plum blossoms as white as frost and peach blossoms as red as pretty girls.
Peony flowers are rich and noble, young Langbi begonias.
I love the scent of jasmine, and many flowers can't match it.
The moon is red, glowing red, shyly like a bride.
What kind of flowers do you love is the fragrance of flowers.
Little sister, little sister, what a bird is so beautiful, what a bird is beautiful.
I love mandarin ducks in pairs, living together and flying together.
The group of geese fly high in a line, how admirable.
Ziyan and Shuangfei flew to the same time, and they never backed each other in love.
Lovebirds are so witty that the poet writes it right.
What kind of bird you love is good, what kind of bird is beautiful?

[ZirconEncrustedTweezers]

I'm a little surprised this one hasn't been posted yet...

Van Halen - Panama

[Songcraft]

"On A Slow Boat To China" - Paul McCartney

[Cecily]

Brazil - The Ritchie Family

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8eaNxJaGsQ

[Kathy in Alaska]

Thanks, Yogafist. ((HUGS))

[Fiji Hill]

Moskva, Pekin! (Moscow, Peking!)--The All-Union Radio Orchestra & Chorus (1950)

Moscow, Peking! Moscow, Peking!
The people march forward.
For shining labor, for lasting peace
Under the flag of freedom.

[Michael.SF.]

Jamaica, mon. Great place to visit. Stay away from Kingston, but explore the non tourist areas as well, such as Mandeville:

Smile Jamaica - Bob Marley

[ETL]

Lol! You dirty communist!!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good old Roger Miller...thanks, Songcraft. ((HUGS))

[Cecily]

Bali Hai - from South Pacific

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=81NROmUb7o0

[Fiji Hill]

Shanghai--Doris Day (1951)

In the heat of an argument with her lover, Doris Day tells him she's leaving and going to Shanghai. He must have been bemused at the idea that she will be heading for a city in a country with which the US has no diplomatic relations and with which we are essentially at war.