Tamo daleko
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Tamo daleko (Serbian Cyrillic: Тамо далеко; "There, Far Away", "Over There, Far Away" or "There, Afar") is a Serbian folk song which was composed in 1916 to commemorate the Serbian Army's retreat through Albania in World War I and during which it was devastated by hunger, disease and attacks by armed bands before regrouping on the Greek island of Corfu, where many more Serbian soldiers died.[1] It revolves around the theme of loss and longing for a distant homeland.
Along with the other World War I song, March on the Drina, it became a powerful symbol of Serbian culture and national identity and remains popular amongst Serbs in the Balkans and the diaspora.[2][3]