Singosan Taryeong (신고산타령)

Singer Unknown (Hamgyeong Provine)

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When the railway reached the mountain villages of Hamgyeong Province, the sound of passing trains so stirred a young woman's heart that she packed her bundle to slip away by night. Carried by a melody both mournful and spirited, this folk song holds the excitement and the wistfulness of a world on the brink of change.