Bengawan Solo:
Written in 1940
by Martohartono.
It is a famous Indonesian
song on the river Solo
which flows through
central and eastern Java,
The song describes the
legendary river in a poetic
way, that it is surrounded
by mountains, its sources
are near the city of Solo,
that it ends in the sea,
and that the
merchant class always
makes use of it.
It is in kroncong style,
which is Indonesian,
world folks music.
Lyric:
Bengawan solo,
riwayatmu ini
sedari dulu jadi
perhatian insani
musim kemarau,
tak seberapa airmu
di musim hujan
air meluap sampai jauh.
ref:
mata airmu dari solo
terkurung gunung seribu
mengalir sampai jauh air
akhirnya ke laut ......
itu perahu,
riwayatmu dulu
kaum pedagang
s'lalu naik itu perahu
