Miss Yao Lee - Méi gui méi gui zuì jiao mei (1940)

[desertazul]

鼻音歌后

[anton83320]

Thanks to the comments from rossharmonics!

What a theme for a New China Movie director to play with successfully!

[EPsuperFan]

it is amazing Ms. Yao is still living a healthy life at 88 years of age in Hong Kong. best wishes for her.

[SexyBunny5576]

she sounds like a cat Meoooowwwwwww! hahahaha

[CommanderShelly]

She had an amazing voice!

I wonder how many people know this song here in germany... Way too less, that's for sure!

[az0403100]

this song remind me of "the pillow book" which is my favorite film. I listen to this song almost every day.

[Pugophile]

Delicious.

[rossharmonics]

The English versions have nothing to do with this patriotic song of Chinese strength against the Japanese. The rose is used as a symbol of China. The storm is the Japanese invasion. Shanghai was invaded in 1937, so the White Goddess has someone singing the song three years before it was recorded. My translation, which I am still polishing, will be posted on another site with this song.

[meechamaka411]

This is nice...

[shermet]

I remember this from my childhood and I was lucky enough to find it on an original

78rpm in VERY good condition. Wonderful old song and a huge hit in its day.

[yimtang9]

I am in desperate help looking for the english version of this song in sheet music.

it was recorded by frankie laine in the states...if any of you out there know where I can find it, please please please, let me know.

[ms8888mia]

great song ...evergreen ever.

[asiantrolls]

reminds me of NYC in the 1940's

[wasserdagger]

This wonderful song was also featured in the 2005 Merchant-Ivory movie "The White Countess," starring Ralph Fiennes, Natasha Richardson et al.

[directingsouth]

@wasserdagger

I read it on another post that during that time, the Shianghai orchestras were almost all played by White Russian musicians. Wow, what beautiful sounds they produced. And how perfect it is to have this song to be in "White Countess". I just hope they used this superb original recording. The band makes what to be there in person.

[xennion]

Classic!

[chkjns]

Thanks for posting this with the release year, it's now on my 1940 music playlist.

I'm creating playlists for each of the past 100 years and would gladly accept reccomendations to add when you know the release year.

I'm making these playlists for all to find and enjoy beautiful music from the past

[Waljoy]

Thank you so much for posting this beautiful song!!

[feroequinologist]

This is the first time Iv`e heard this song since the late 1940s, when it was requested quite a lot on programmes like the Sunday two way family favourites. Men would whistle it in those days! How times have changed ! Thanks for the posting

[vnrozier]

@feroequinologist I remember it from that time and I think the same programs; mind we only had the radio in those days.

[roseeatsbabies]

i'm only 16 and i love this song

haha

my dad sings this alot lol

[yaten69]

I am just 24 years and I love this song reminds me of my grandmother, for the good times. Is more than feelings, a beautiful melody. My congratulations from El Salvador Central America.

[chinaxinsanity]

i was wondering what kind of music my grandmother listened to, and bumped into this.

and yes, it is a beautiful melody. complete agree with the above =)

[kwwkwwkww]

the correct title should be

méi gui méi gui wǒ ài nǐ 玫瑰玫瑰我愛你

méigui = 玫瑰 = rose

wǒ = 我 = I

ài = 愛 = love

nǐ = 你 = you

[lanc3fight4freedom]

mei gui mei gui zui jiao mei is the name of the original song.

mei gui = rose

zui jiao mei= the most beautiful

[JazzyZenBrotha]

The first time I heard this song was when Anita Mui performed it in Jackie Chan's movie "Miracles" aka "Mr. Canton and Lady Rose"

I simply love this song.

[mastrader]

If I remember rightly, I first heard this piece on Sunday 31.12.1950 in a new programme which started that day. I believe the compère was Wilfred Thomas. I am glad to have found it again.

[Brian54M]

Frankie Laines english version is on here

[delgor315]

Oh, I'm back to the Royalty at Southgate circa 1952. Did we jive!!

[GKnight2020]

Great song. I'm only 13 and i like this

[PrettyTigerlilly]

Simply beautiful! I have been looking for this song forever, thank you for posting it.

[DougNederland]

Thanks for posting this here, I remember this on Uncle Mac's record programme. (Am I really that old???)

[maxwise1]

Remember this from my childhood in the early 50s. My father had the 78. I also thank you for posting this, very nostalgic. Seems to have hit a chord with others of my age.

[delgor315]

I didn't think I would ever find this - such memories of Saturday night dance hops in the 50's.

[joanna604]

I love this, I found it on a 78 in the 1970's and have never forgotten it.

[fbbluv]

i don't know why China didn't play this song for Olympic opening/closing? great song!!

[skippytbk]

Thank you for posting this. It was very popular in the UK in 1945. One of my Dad's favorites.Mine too.

[EmeraldAceBurlesque]

so lovely

[oldiespal]

Thankyou for posting such a great song, this is my late father's favorite song, it bring my memories back (childhood), those were the day.

[mikenewcomb]

Retrotor - well done for posting this.

This was a big hit here in the UK around 1950/51 along with 'Put Another Nickel In - Music Music Music'

No tv then only radio. This being placed well out of reach on a high shelf. As I was only around 4 this was a wise move by my parents.

Thanks - Mike Newcomb

[lindatowlson]

I used to listen to this song as a little in the early fifties - I can't believe I've found it again! It's great!

[VladtheEmailer]

Was first introduced to this song in the movie by Peter Greenaway called "Pillowbook" starring Vivian Wu. Also, I was listening to an old 1972 Concert in Japan by Emerson,Lake and Palmer and during a keyboard solo by Keith Emerson he plays this melody!

[carlosalbertoteixeir]

Great Goodness, Vlad! What a finding. Congrats!

- c.a.t. (also an ELP fan)

[bilouille56]

ma mère chantait tout le temps cette chanson quand j'étais petite!!!!

ça me donne les larmes aux yeux...

[mptommy]

I am so glad that you paid tribute to the original singer of this wonderful song

[Villainesse]

Hey! I loved this version. I just came back from a tour in China with two other girls and we sang this song in English. Tomorrow we have been invited to a Chinese New Year even to sing (back home in Toronto) and we're braving it in Chinese! Thanks :)

[gzakry77]

anyone here knows the chinese lyric of this song?

[eychung]

玫瑰玫瑰最嬌美

玫瑰玫瑰最艷麗

長夏開在枝頭上

玫瑰玫瑰我愛你

玫瑰玫瑰情意重

玫瑰玫瑰情意濃

長夏開在荊棘里

玫瑰玫瑰我愛你

[eychung]

心的誓約，

心的情意

聖潔的光輝照大地

心的誓約，

心的情意

聖潔的光輝照大地

玫瑰玫瑰枝兒細

玫瑰玫瑰刺兒銳

今朝風雨來摧殘

傷了嫩枝和嬌蕊

[eychung]

玫瑰玫瑰心兒堅

玫瑰玫瑰刺兒尖

來日風雨來摧毀

毀不了並蒂枝連理

玫瑰玫瑰我愛你

[eychung]

Sorry, you have to read the lyrics backwards: section 3, then 2, then 1.

[anko8aug]

love this song @{-'--,-

[azn88hunni]

i couldn't download this original version anywhere, but now i've found it on youtube! i love both this first version and frankie laine's cover of it

[erinpilla]

this is so beautiful... also frankie laine's version

[Richardpd16378]

When I saw The Pillowbook I had no idea what this was called, so I kept refering to it as the "Makeway" song!

[kindface]

Great work Retrotor! BTW, her brother was a very popular composer during that same era of shidaiqu.

[antoniod]

I finally get to hear the original!

[retrotor]

Great! Yao Lee also recorded a second version some years later...This is the version which is featured in 'The Pillow Book' by Peter Greenaway. The complete verion here took some time to dig up! :o) Glad you like it!