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Malaysia Forever is a folk song written by Bobby Gimby in the early 1960s. It was written to celebrate the formation of Malaysian federation in 1963. Tunku Abdul Rahman, the then Prime Minister of the federation called the song Malaysia Forever as the unofficial national anthem of Malaysia.

Bobby Gimby received the nickname "The Pied Piper of Canada" after the Prime Minister nicked Gimby as "the Pied Piper from Canada".

The song was recorded in Kuala Lumpur and Singapore.

Broadcast Period

Malaysia Forever is a folk song with a length of 2 minutes sung by the Choir of the Marymount Vocational School (Singapore). On the days before the merger, it was taught to school children prior to merger and became an instant hit when it was broadcast over the air-waves of all parts of Malaysia. Every National Day, it is broadcast on nationwide radio until Singapore expelled from Malaysia on 9 August 1965 due to political disputes. Since then, no one, neither Malaysian people nor Singaporean people ever play this folk song any more.^[1]

Lyrics

Let's get together, Sing a happy song, Malaysia forever, Ten million strong.

Land of the free, Marching as one. Ready to share in every way, So let's get it done -- get it done, get it done.

We're all in the same boat, Steady as you go. Let's pull together, Everybody row -- row, row, row.

It's right, It's the answer ,There's no other way, To be good neighbours, Everyday Malaysia Forever.

Evermore more, United for liberty, Home of the happy people, Just you wait and see -- wait and see, wait and see, wait and see.

Let's get together, Sing a happy song, Malaysia forever, Ten million strong.

We're ready for merger, Let's open the door, To Malaysia forever, Ever more!^[2]^[3]

References

External links

A page concerning Malaysia Forever though Gimby's daughter as a correspondent

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Malaysia Forever

Broadcast Period

Lyrics

References

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