by Ho Chi Minh (1890 - 1969)
Translation © by Aileen Palmer
Prison Song (the Leg‑Irons) Matches base text
Language: English after the Chinese (中文)
With hungry mouth open like a wicked monster [ ... ]
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Composition:
- Set to music by Hans Werner Henze (1926 - 2012), "Prison Song (the Leg-Irons)", from Stimmen, no. 2
Text Authorship:
- by Aileen Palmer , appears in Prison Diary, first published 1971, copyright ©
Based on:
- a text in Chinese (中文) by Ho Chi Minh (1890 - 1969) [text unavailable]
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