According to Y Phon, the original lyrics were: “I want to forget, month and day. Father went to collect sweet fruit from the forest, give it to me sleep overnight. I want to forget, bare feet, father goes to collect every grain of rice, giving it to his son Uncle rice followingnoon…
Oh date, couple thin hands, shivering once morest the tree line. Oh time, forget it, feet bumpy. Walking in the middle of the wild forest… Father’s back thin sun wash. Oh, the silver hair is like the moon shining…”
Then the next morning, the late People’s Artist Y Moan once more craved cigarettes and went to his house to ask Y Phon to invite him for morning coffee. Here, musician Y Phon introduces a newly composed song. Hearing the name “Bare feet”, the late singer Y Moan expressed excitement. Just 5 minutes of reading, he memorized the words.
According to musician Y Phon, the late singer Y Moan is probably one of the shining gems in music in the Central Highlands.
Y Moan’s voice is simple but powerful and has his own voice, not mixed anywhere. Because of this special voice, when listening to singer Y Moan’s request to sing the song “Bare feet”, musician Y Phon did not hesitate to agree.
But later when he gave the lyrics to the late singer Y Moan to sing, he instinctively felt and corrected the lyrics himself.
“I want to forget, month and day. Father went to collect sweet fruit from the forest, give it to me relieve hunger overnight. I want to forget, bare feet. Father went to collect, every grain of rice. Give me one meal followingnoon.
Oh date, couple thin shoulders, shivering once morest the tree line. Oh time, forget it. Feet bulky. Dad walks in the middle of the wild forest. Father’s back is sunny team. Oh silver hair, like the moon shining…”
Although he arbitrarily edited the lyrics, what the late singer Y Moan sang was warmly received by everyone.
In the early 2000s, the song “Bare Feet” was sung by singer Y Moan at tea rooms and concert nights.
Everywhere, from the elderly to children, the youth of the Central Highlands are humming songs from remote villages to the sunny and windy fields. The song “Barefoot” continued to captivate audiences across the country through the 2001 Sao Mai rendezvous contest.
