A Song From Every Country

The Cayman Islands often doesn't make the cut on lists of countries. I was waiting for our alphabetical turn in line, but missed it. So it goes. Always on island time, mon.





Beloved Isle Cayman - National Anthem

Chinese

This song is called lao shu ai da mi, 老鼠爱大米, and english translates to mouse loves rice

wo ting jian ni de sheng yin

我听见你的声音
When I hear your voice


you zhong te bie de gan jie

有种特别的感觉
I get a special kind of feeling,


rang wo bu duan xiang bu gan zai wang ji ni
让我不断想不敢再忘记你
It makes me continually think that I don't dare forget you again.


wo ji de you yi ge ren
我记得有一个人
I'll always remember that there's a person


yong yuan liu zai wo xin zhong
永远留在我心中
Who will stay in my heart forever,


na pa zhi neng gou zhe yang de xiang ni
哪怕只能够这样的想你
Even if I can only long for you this way.


ru guo zhen de you yi tian

如果真的有一天
But if there really comes a day


ai qing li xiang hui shi xian

爱情理想会实现
When this love becomes a reality,


wo hui jia bei nu li hao hao dui ni yong yuan bu gai bian

我会加倍努力好好对你永远不改变
I will redouble my efforts to be true to you.


bu guan lu you duo mo yuan
不管路有多么远
No matter how long the road


yi ding hui rang ta shi xian

一定会让它实现
I will surely make this love come true.


wo hui qing qing zai ni er bian dui ni shuo (dui ni shuo)
我会轻轻在你耳边对你说(对你说)
I'll lean close to your ear, and gently say to you,


*wo ai ni ai zhe ni
*我爱你爱着你
*I love you, I'm loving you


jiu xiang lao shu ai da mi

就像 老鼠爱大米
Just like mice love rice.


bu guan you duo shao feng yu wo dou hui yi ran pei zhe ni

不管有多少风雨我都会依然陪着你
No matter how many difficulties may come, I will still accompany you.


wo xiang ni xiang zhe ni
我想你想着你
I miss you, I'm missing you,


bu guan you dou me de ku

不管有多么的苦
No matter how bitter the way


zhi yao neng rang ni kai xin wo shen me dou yuan yi
只要能让你开心我什么都愿意
I'm willing to do anything to make you happy.


zhe yang ai ni *

这样爱你*
That's the way I'll love you *

Wow this is an EPIC tread! =D

Brazil

I'm gonna post some songs from my state, the south border of Brazil, Rio Grande do Sul(yes, we exist^^). Here we have the Gaúcho (or Gauchesca) culture(the cowboys from south america). Not much know to the world, but loved by the people here(including myself):

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Artist/Song
Renato Borghetti (W/ Arthur Bonilla) - Milonga para as missões


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Marcello Caminha - Alguem Distante


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Yamandu Costa (this guy is a guitar monster) W/Hamilton de Holanda - Escorregando (is the name of the first song)


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Toquinho & Yamandu Costa - Bachiana n1


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Raphael Rabello (another guitar monster...) - Recuerdos de la Alhambra


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I know is always nice to find something "out of the box"(like this tread), so I hope some of you folks enjoy it.
Peace

Russia

Iceland

Björk Guðmundsdóttir, known simply as Björk, is an Icelandic singer-songwriter. Her musical style is eclectic and she has achieved recognition in rock, jazz, electronic dance music, classical, and folk.

Brazil

Cambodia

Cambodia, officially known as the Kingdom of Cambodia, is a country located in the southern portion of the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia.

Mongolia

Khoomei or Humai is the most incredible and distinctive vocal performance in Mongolia. Sometimes described as throat singing. It is said that through this method, harmony of up to 4 layers can be produced at the same time!

Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea, officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, is a country in Oceania that occupies the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and numerous offshore islands.

Ghana

Wales

Dacw 'Nghariad
This is a Welsh folk song collected in 1908 in Whitchurch, Cardiff by Mrs. Mary Davies.



Sir Thomas John Woodward, OBE, known by his stage name Tom Jones, is a Welsh singer. He became one of the most popular vocalists to emerge from the British Invasion.

Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe, officially the Republic of Zimbabwe, is a landlocked country located in Southern Africa, between the Zambezi and Limpopo rivers.

India

India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world.

Canada

Just a small taste of some great Canadian musicians... but really, there's hundreds of them.

the USA

STEPPENWOLF-MONSTER-1969

Zimbabwe

Zambia