When I was in college back in UP — Baguio, in particular, we used to sing this song which was sort of a remix, spin-off from the Handog Ng Pilipino Sa Mundo. I can still sing the melody but I am struggling to find the words. Here is all I could remember:
Ilang taon na rin ang nagdaan
Naalala mo pa siguro, kaibigan
Dilaw ang kalsada
Mithi ng mga tao
Okay ang Pinoy, ang sabi sa radyoNangako ang lahat na wala nang gulo
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Nagkapit-bisig madre, pari at sundalo
Tanda mo ba ang sumpa mo sa bayan koHandog ng Pilipino sa mundo
Mapayapang paraang pagbabago
Naglalaho
I believe it was during the 10th anniversary of the 1986 EDSA revolution that this song came about. It was also sung by various Filipino artists who, I think, were not in the original recording.
If anyone had heard of it and could still remember the lyrics, please, please post it here as a comment or email me. Thanks!
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hi there. got the lyrics from mr. google. :veryhappy: here goes:
Handog ng Pilipino sa Mundo
‘Di na ‘ko papayag mawala ka muli.
‘Di na ‘ko papayag na muli mabawi,
Ating kalayaan kay tagal natin mithi.
‘Di na papayagang mabawi muli.
Magkakapit-bisig libo-libong tao.
Kay sarap palang maging Pilipino.
Sama-sama iisa ang adhikain.
Kelan man ‘di na paalipin.
Ref:
Handog ng Pilipino sa mundo,
Mapayapang paraang pagbabago.
Katotohanan, kalayaan, katarungan
Ay kayang makamit na walang dahas.
Basta’t magkaisa tayong lahat.
Masdan ang nagaganap sa aming bayan.
Nagkasama ng mahirap at mayaman.
Kapit-bisig madre, pari, at sundalo.
Naging Langit itong bahagi ng mundo.
Huwag muling payagang umiral ang dilim.
Tinig ng bawat tao’y bigyan ng pansin.
Magkakapatid lahat sa Panginoon.
Ito’y lagi nating tatandaan.
(repeat refrain two times)
Coda:
Mapayapang paraang pagbabago.
Katotohanan, kalayaan, katarungan.
Ay kayang makamit na walang dahas.
Basta’t magkaisa tayong lahat!
thanks, tin! but this is the original. i was looking for the spin-off from this…it was sort of to make everyone ask if the message of the original song was still true in the hearts of pinoys several years after the EDSA revolution — the true one back in 1986! which, to my opinion, talagang nalawa na…
Hi there! ‘just bloghopping from Blogkadahan. Oh, so you’re from UP Baguio. I’m from Baguio but not from UP.
Hi Ting! Thanks for dropping by. I linked your World Class Cuiscene from my food blog. I hope you don’t mind.
wow (nasalaag). . . tsada xa
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