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“Musuh melanggarku gempur
Sungguh rela kugugur kerana
Kau tanah pusaka
Biar putih tulang jangan putih mata”

And in one sitting, Tan Sri Ahmad Merican churned out the music and melody for one of the most enduring patriotic pieces Malaysia has come to know – Tanah Pusaka. And according to him, across a few days, the late Wan Ahmad Kamal wrote the original words and the late Tan Sri Dol Ramli, “polished” the lyrics to the unforgettable tune.

The song “Tanah Pusaka”, first documented in a Radio Malaya songbook from 1961 and recorded internationally by Indonesian-born Dutch singer, Sandra Reemer in 1962, has also gained traction with the numerous renditions of it – everyone from the late Datuk Sudirman Hj Arshad in the 1980s, to vocal troupe Super ReD more recently, have taken a stab at it.

Read more: https://www.thestar.com.my/lifestyle/people/2016/08/31/few-people-know-about-the-origins-of-this-beautiful-patriotic-song