The Ballad of Ho Chi Minh - The London Critics Group

Far away across the ocean

Far beyond the sea's eastern rim

Lives a man who is father of the Indochinese people

And his name it is Ho Chi Minh

Ho Ho Ho Chi Minh

Ho Ho Ho Chi Minh

From Viet Bac to the Saigon Delta

From the mountains and the plains below

Young and old workers peasants and the toiling tenant farmers

Fight for freedom with Uncle Ho

Ho Ho Ho Chi Minh

Ho Ho Ho Chi Minh

Ho Chi Minh was a deep sea sailor

He served his time out on the seven seas

Work and hardship were part of his early education

Exploitation his ABC

Ho Ho Ho Chi Minh

Ho Ho Ho Chi Minh

Ho Chi Minh came back from sailing

And he looked on his native land

Saw the want and the hunger of the Indochinese people

Foreign soldiers on every hand

Ho Ho Ho Chi Minh

Ho Ho Ho Chi Minh

Ho Chi Minh went to the mountains

And he formed a determined band

Heroes all sworn to free the Indochinese people

Drive invaders from the land

Ho Ho Ho Chi Minh

Ho Ho Ho Chi Minh

Forty men became a hundred

A hundred thousand and Ho Chi Minh

Forged and tempered the army of the Indochinese people

Freedom's Army of Viet Minh

Ho Ho Ho Chi Minh

Ho Ho Ho Chi Minh

Every soldier is a farmer

Comes the evening he grabs his hoe

Comes the morning he swings his rifle on his shoulder

That's the army of Uncle Ho

Ho Ho Ho Chi Minh

Ho Ho Ho Chi Minh

From the mountains and the jungles

From the rice lands and the Plain of Reeds

March the men and the women of the Indochinese Army

Planting freedom with victory seeds

Ho Ho Ho Chi Minh

Ho Ho Ho Chi Minh

From Viet Bac to the Saigon Delta

Marched the armies of Viet Minh

And the wind stirs the banners of the Indochinese people

Peace and freedom and Ho Chi Minh

Ho Ho Ho Chi Minh

Ho Ho Ho Chi Minh

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