Blue Bird (Korean folk song) explained

"Blue Bird" (파랑새 parang sae or 파랑새요^[1]) is a Korean folk song. It originates from the Donghak Peasant Revolution.^[2]

The song begins:^[3]

"Blue bird, blue bird, lovely blue bird, Do not sit on green bean ..(새야 새야 파랑새야 녹두밭에 앉지마라)"^[1]

Notes and References

1. Web site: 파랑새요. Encyclopedia of Korean Culture.
2. http://www.riss.kr/search/detail/DetailView.do?p_mat_type=1a0202e37d52c72d&control_no=5e3863cd12c9b2bdffe0bdc3ef48d419 동학민요 파랑새노래 연구 = A Study on Blue Bird Song, the Folk Song of Donghak Peasant Revolution.
3. Munhak kwa insaeng: pʻyŏngnonjip 1989 p.127 "And next popular Korean folk song is "Parangsae, Blue Bird". Koreans, old and young alike to sing this song, which tells us that the early farmers made jelly from the green beans. 1. Blue bird, blue bird, lovely blue bird, Do not sit on green bean ...