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Potato Pride - Korean Patriotic Pop Song
History of Potato Pride (Gamja Peulaideu)Potato Pride or Gamja Peulaideu in Korean is a popular pop song with patriotic, nationalistic and
Juche themes in the Workers' Republic of Korea, written and composed by the National Orchestra of Popular Songs for the Revolutionary Proletariat of Korea as part of the album Songs of Popular Music for the Feel of Revolution for the Youth of Korea by the National Orchestra of Popular Songs for the Revolutionary Proletariat of Korea in 1995, the album sold over 989,343 units, becoming the most popular pop album in the Workers' Republic of Korea. The song also has seen relevancy and popularity outside Korea aswell.
The song Potato Pride or Gamja Peulaideu has two written and easily accessible versions, one is in the native Korean language, the other is in the international language of English for non-Koreans to listen to the song as there is a English released version of Songs of Popular Music for the Feel of Revolution for the Youth of Korea by the National Orchestra of Popular Songs for the Revolutionary Proletariat of Korea in 2008 with the rise of online communication and internet usage in the Workers' Republic of Korea since 2000. The song's instrumental version without the vocals is the web page error tune for the official website of the government. The song is popular in many internet platforms, however it saw it's most success in the internet video sharing site YouTube.com when the song video of the song was published onto the site.
Potato Pride or Gamja Peulaideu in English:
Enjoying the benefits of the potato diet from my plentiful land,
In this far-flung land we used to be poor and needy,
Now we prosper for ten thousand years with the potato!
Potato pride!
Potato pride!
I looked over to my farm of many potatoes, calling forth my village as the Potato Distribution was finished,
I called out to them: "For feasting is the appropriate working man's behavior after cultivation!" and laid out a feast,
Potato pride! It keeps man fed and my country prosperous!
There is no greater plant than the potato, for the Party has proved as such!
A great farm requires a many potatoes to be cultivated!
Potato pride!
Potato pride!
In the afternoon, we go to and fro with our children,
Wandering the endless beautiful land and grow our potatoes,
Making the wife and children happy, living within the Party's goals!
Potato pride! Makes us all fed and happy!
Potato pride! Making the nation grow with each spud cooked!
Potato pride!
Potato pride!
Potato Pride or Gamja Peulaideu in Korean:
백두산을 바라보며 내 농장의 경이로움을 들여다보며
나의 풍요로운 땅에서 감자 다이어트의 혜택을 누리며,
이 먼 땅에서 우리는 가난하고 궁핍하였더니
이제 우리는 감자로 만년 번영을 누린다!
감자의 자존심!
감자의 자존심!
나는 감자가 많은 농장을 바라보며 감자 배급이 끝나자 마을을 불러,
나는 그들에게 소리쳤다: “잔치를 벌이는 것은 수련한 후 일하는 사람의 마땅한 행위입니다!” 잔치를 베풀었고,
감자의 자존심! 그것은 사람을 먹여 살리고 내 나라를 번영하게 만듭니다!
감자보다 더 큰 식물은 없습니다. 당이 그것을 증명했기 때문입니다!
훌륭한 농장을 위해서는 많은 감자를 재배해야 합니다!
감자의 자존심!
감자의 자존심!
오후에는 아이들과 함께 여기저기 돌아다니며,
끝없이 펼쳐진 아름다운 땅을 헤매며 감자를 재배하고,
아내와 아이들을 행복하게 하며 당의 목표에 맞게 생활하라!
감자의 자존심! 우리 모두를 먹이고 행복하게 만듭니다!
감자의 자존심! 요리 하나하나로 나라를 성장시키다!
감자의 자존심!
감자의 자존심!
