In the 1980s, one of the foreign songs that became popular in the Philippines is A Dream (Dumio) by Robert Grace. Played constantly by the leading radio stations of that era, the song was a hit among the regular attendees of the occasional Saturday night disco parties in many barangays all over the country. There is little information on the Internet about this dance hit. Fortunately a YouTube channel called RAGElite offers some details. According to the channel, A Dream (Dumio) was an underground hit in Melbourne, Australia circa 1986-1987. In those years, Grace was possibly the only Australian representative of the Italo-disco movement.
A Dream (Dumio) was so well-liked all over the Philippines that the comedic trio of Tito, Vic and Joey parodied the Robert Grace hit in Shoot That Ball, a movie produced by Regal Films in 1987. During those times, it seemed to be common practice in the local movie industry to imitate or cover chart-topping tracks from abroad with exaggerated humor. Intellectual property law was less strictly enforced than nowadays.
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Going back to the scene, the parody of A Dream (Dumio) can be viewed from the 46:00 to 50:00 minute window of the video below. In that scene, Pidiong, Manong and Tinggoy (respectively portrayed by Tito, Vic and Joey are students at the Agricultural School of the Orient (ASO). ASO is the rival institution of the Philippine University of Sciences & Arts (PUSA). This rivalry and other details, will be covered in future posts on this blog.
Mrs. Mercedes Kasusuan (portrayed by Florence Carvajal) is their teacher in Animal Husbandry. Her students cannot afford to buy the Hong Kong goods she sells in the classroom. In order for the trio to pass her class, Mrs. Kasusuan tasked them to fill a pail with cow's milk in 10 minutes The song-and-dance sequence ensues.
LYRICS
Hay! Ang buhay sa farm ay ang galing! Walang kasinsarap
If you're a nature lover, Darling ikaw tiyak na mangangarap
Hayop ang ang view, nakakaloko, oh nakupo Diyos ko!
Maraming bundok, paikot-ikot, oks talaga dito!
So green ang paligid all the time
Naku! Nakakagigil! (Ayayayay!)
Sariwang hangin ang lalanghapin, ang bango ng amoy dito!
Sariwang bogchi ang lalapangin, ay parang five-star din (Ayayayay!)
Hay! Napakahirap magpalabas sa baka ng gatas
Baka iba ang mahimas, madisgrasya iba ang lumabas
Milking! Milking! Milking! Ay mabuting exercise
Milking! Milking! Milking! Ay mahusay na tunay
Gatas ng baka sa umaga ay good sa wankata natin 'to
Gatas na pula, mag-iingat ka at malamang namang baboy 'to
Hayop ang ang view, nakakaloko, oh nakupo Diyos ko!
Maraming bundok, paikot-ikot, oks talaga dito!
Milking! Milking! Milking! Ay mabuting exercise
Milking! Milking! Milking! Ay mahusay na tunay
Gatas ng baka sa umaga ay good sa wankata natin 'to
Gatas na pula, mag-iingat ka at malamang namang baboy 'to
It was nice that Regal Entertainment provided the closed captions in English.
Oh! Life in a farm is awesome!
Nothing compares to it!
If you're a nature lover, darling you'll surely dream!
The view is unbelievable! Oh my God!
There are many mountains around, it's really cool in here!
The surrounding is green all the time.
Oh my! It's really irresistable!
You will smell fresh air, it smells so good in here.
The food to eat is fresh, just like a five-star!
It's so hard to get milk out of a cow.
You might squeeze something else, and something else comes out.
Milking! Milking! Milking! It's a good exercise!
Milking! Milking! Milking! It's really awesome
Cow's milk in the morning is good for out body.
Be careful with red milk because most probably, it's a pig!
What a view! Unbelievable! Oh my God!
There are many mountains around, it's really cool in here!
There are many mountains around, it's really cool in here!
Milking! Milking! Milking! It's a good exercise!
Milking! Milking! Milking! It's really awesome
Cow's milk in the morning is good for out body.
Be careful with red milk because most probably, it's a pig!
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