Notes

Minh Dao said: "It's about a nephew or a niece addressing an old lady".

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Mai Anh wrote, "The song named "chau yeu (not "yen") ba" is not a full version and has some mistakes. The original version is like this:"

CHÁU YÊU BÀ

Bà õi bà, cháu yêu bà lắm.
Tóc bà trắng, màu trắng nhý mây.
Cháu yêu bà, cháu nắm bàn tay.
Khi cháu vâng lời, cháu biết bà vui.

I LOVE YOU, GRANNY

Granny, granny, I love you very much.
Your hair is white, as white as the clouds.
I love you, (so) I hold your hands
When I'm well-obeyed, I know that you're happy.

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Thanks and Acknowledgements

Many thanks to Tommy Nguyen for contributing this song. Thanks to Minh Dao Nguyen (not of the same Nguyen family) for translating it into French and for commenting on the song and to Monique Palomares for translating it into English. Thanks also to Mai Anh for sending her version of the song with the English translation.

Cám ón!