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)