The Ballad Of Ho Chi Minh

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Far away across the ocean
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Far beyond the sea's eastern rim
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Lives a man who is father of the Indo-Chinese people
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And his name it is Ho Chi Minh
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Ho, Ho, Ho Chi Minh, Ho, Ho, Ho Chi Minh

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From Viet Bac to the SaiGon Delta
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From the mountains and plains below
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Young and old workers, peasants and the toiling tenant farmers
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Fight for freedom with Uncle Ho
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Ho, Ho, Ho Chi Minh, Ho, Ho, Ho Chi Minh

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Now Ho Chi Minh was a deep sea sailor
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He served his time out on the seven seas
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Work and hardship were part of his early education
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Exploitation his ABC
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Ho, Ho, Ho Chi Minh, Ho, Ho, Ho Chi Minh

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Now Ho Chi Minh came home from sailing
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And he looked out on his native land
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Saw the want and the hunger of the Indo-Chinese people
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Foreign soldiers on every hand
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Ho, Ho, Ho Chi Minh, Ho, Ho, Ho Chi Minh

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Now Ho Chi Minh went to the mountains
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And he trained a determined band
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Heroes all, sworn to liberate the Indo-Chinese people
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Drive invaders from the land
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Ho, Ho, Ho Chi Minh, Ho, Ho, Ho Chi Minh

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Fourteen men became a hundred
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A hundred thousand and Ho Chi Minh
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Forged and tempered the army of the Indo-Chinese people
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Freedom's Army of Viet Minh
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Ho, Ho, Ho Chi Minh, Ho, Ho, Ho Chi Minh

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Every soldier is a farmer
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Comes the evening and he grabs his hoe
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Comes the morning he swings his rifle on his shoulder
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It's the army of Uncle Ho.
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Ho, Ho, Ho Chi Minh, Ho, Ho, Ho Chi Minh

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From the mountains and the jungles
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From the ricelands and the Plain of Reeds
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March the men and the women of the Indo-Chinese Army
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Planting freedom with vict'ry seeds.
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Ho, Ho, Ho Chi Minh, Ho, Ho, Ho Chi Minh

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From Viet Bac to the SaiGon Delta
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Marched the armies of Viet Minh
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And the wind stirs the banners of the Indo-Chinese people
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Peace and freedom and Ho Chi Minh.
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Ho, Ho, Ho Chi Minh, Ho, Ho, Ho Chi Minh