Jack Campin, search Vietnamese boat people.

KÝ ?C THUY?N NHÂN / bài g?c

Memories of the Boat People
Author: Mai Th?o Thi H?nh
Performed by: Suno Vi?t

Then fifty years later,
the children have grown up and the parents have grown old,
but the memories of a bygone era,
have never faded into oblivion,
the day father left the country, the day mother left her homeland,
drifting on small boats, drifting…

the East Sea raged, homeland far away,
crossing the vast ocean to find a way to live,
carrying with faith and hope,
for a land of freedom…
the East Sea raged, homeland far away,
crossing the vast ocean to find a way to live,
carrying with faith and hope,
for a prosperous and peaceful future.

Life today, with so many new things,
I was born into peace and prosperity,
don't forget your grandparents, don't forget your parents,
who overcame dangers, storms and tempests, so that I could live…

The East Sea is turbulent, my homeland is far away,
crossing the vast ocean to find a way to live,
carrying faith and hope,
for a land of freedom, prosperity, and peace.

Don't forget, my dear, don't forget,
don't forget that our parents sacrificed,
so that I could be born.

Memories of the Boat People

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A vietnamese, who was my age, came up to me in a cafe
one time. He said that things got pretty bad after we left.

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