CD12-15: Hampyeong, Narrative Song Jinju-nanggun
(Hampyeong, Jeonnam Province/ Yun, Su-bok(75yrs)/ 1989)
◆ This song was originated from a situation that was quite likely to happen in the past. It is about a woman who committed suicide because of her anger against her husband who was so wrapped up with his mistresses. Taking the name of the husband, this song can also be called 'Jinju-nanggun'(nanggun means husband). This is a song about harsh married life that can also be widely found in other regions, along with South Jeolla Province.
(Content of Song)
“The woman went to the Jinju River to wash clothes as her mother-in-law told her to do
While she was washing clothes her husband rode past her on his horse
She greeted him but he passed by without giving her a look
After finishing washing the clothes she went back home
When she went into the room, her husband was holing drinking feast with an mistress by his side, singing a song of wine
The angry wife went to the back room, took some poison and killed herself
The husband came running and said 'It is three years with a mistress but 100 years with you. So why did you kill yourself?”