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Songs from the Road 4: The Ballad of Ho Chi Minh

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Heard of Ewan MacColl?
British folksinger and songwriter?
Maybe his daughter, Kirsty?
I must admit that I didn’t realise that his song about Salford – “Dirty Old Town” (yes, that song) was about Salford, and not Dublin…
But this Song from the Road shows his socialist leanings. We first heard it in an Irish bar in Ho Chi Minh City three years ago. It’s difficult to resist singing this catchy ditty on a chilly spring day in Hanoi: “The Ballad of Ho Chi Minh”.
We particularly like the way that “Ho” is rhymed with “hoe”.
All together – “Ho, Ho, Ho Chi Minh! Ho!”

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  1. jenn and joe Says:
    March 21st, 2010 at 10:23 from Viet Nam

    Hoe Hoe Ho Chi Minh, lover of the Russian Queen… sorry wrong song, isn’t it? Hero of the Indochinese people!

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