An old friend of my friend Duongs' grandmother, sang these songs to me. She often kept on telling about the songs for a long time, but when I got the translation it usually wasn't any longer than a few sentences. So I'm not sure about the more subtle details of the text. I recorded the songs in 2004, in the city of Bac Ninh, just outside Hanoi. - Friends who meet without having an appointment (2:11) - Meeting in the moonshine (1:51) - Couple singing (2:13) - Lovesong (2:38) - Memories of a love that couldn't be (3:02) - Meeting at a festival (2:33) - Song about the chao fruit (1:02) - Farewell song, when one wants to stay, but has to leave (2:27) |