Việt Minh ( listen; abbreviated from Việt Nam Ðộc Lập Ðồng Minh Hội, English "League for the Independence of Vietnam") was a communist national independence coalition formed at Pac Bo on May 19, 1941. The Việt Minh initially formed to seek independence for Vietnam from the French Empire. When the Japanese occupation began, the Việt Minh opposed Japan with support from the United States and the Republic of China. After World War II, the Việt Minh opposed the re-occupation of Vietnam by France and later opposed South Vietnam and the United States in the Vietnam War.
During World War II, Japan occupied French Indochina. As well as fighting the French, the Việt Minh started a campaign against the Japanese. Due to their opposition to the Japanese, the Việt Minh received funding from the United States, Soviet Union and the Republic of China. When Japan surrendered in August 1945, the Japanese handed over control of some public buildings and weapons requisitioned from the French army to the Việt Minh, now led by Hồ Chí Minh, after turning in the Vietnamese nationalist leaders of the Việt Minh to the French colonialists. The Việt Minh also recruited more than 600 of the Japanese soldiers, who fought in the war against France until 1954. After the nationalist organizations proclaimed the independence of Việt Nam, Hồ proclaimed the Democratic Republic of Vietnam on September 2, 1945.
The Vietnamese people (Vietnamese: người Việt or người Kinh) are an ethnic group originating from present-day northern Vietnam and southern China. They are the majority ethnic group of Vietnam, comprising 86% of the population as of the 1999 census, and are officially known as Kinh to distinguish them from other ethnic groups in Vietnam. The earliest recorded name for the ancient Vietnamese people appears as "Lạc".
Although geographically and linguistically labeled as Southeast Asians, long periods of Chinese domination and influence have placed the Vietnamese culturally closer to East Asians, or more specifically their immediate northern neighbours, the Southern Chinese and other tribes within the South China. The word Việt is shortened from Bách Việt, a name used in ancient times. Nam means "south".
If regarded as a single ethnic group, the Vietnamese constitute one of the world's largest."CIA World Factbook". May 8th, 2012. https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/vm.html. Retrieved 11 May 2012.
Minh is a common first and middle name among Vietnamese people. It is derived from the Chinese name Ming (明), which directly translates to "bright".
Hồ Chí Minh (Vietnamese pronunciation: [hô cǐ miɲ] (Vietnamese pronunciation: [hô̤ tɕǐmɪŋ] ( listen)); 19 May 1890 – 2 September 1969), born Nguyễn Sinh Cung and also known as Nguyễn Tất Thành and Nguyễn Ái Quốc, was a Vietnamese Stalinist revolutionary leader who was prime minister (1945–1955) and president (1945–1969) of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam). He was a key figure in the foundation of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam in 1945, as well as the People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) and the Việt Cộng (NLF or VC) during the Vietnam War.
He led the Việt Minh independence movement from 1941 onward, establishing the communist-governed Democratic Republic of Vietnam in 1945 and defeating the French Union in 1954 at Điện Biên Phủ. He officially stepped down from power in 1955 due to health problems, but remained a highly visible figurehead and inspiration for Vietnamese fighting for his cause – a united, independent Vietnam – until his death. After the war, Saigon, the capital of Republic of Vietnam, was renamed Hồ Chí Minh City in his honor.
Don't want to be a fat man,
people would think that I was
just good fun.
Would rather be a thin man,
I am so glad to go on being one.
Too much to carry around with you,
no chance of finding a woman who
will love you in the morning and all the night time too.
Don't want to be a fat man,
have not the patience to ignore all that.
Hate to admit to myself half of my problems
came from being fat.
Won't waste my time feeling sorry for him,
I seen the other side to being thin.
Roll us both down a mountain
Fat man at the window
Bet you know why
Fat man at the window
Nobody wants to buy
Fat man, fat man, fat man
Nobody wants to know him
Fat man
Fat man at the mirror
Don't let it break easy
Fat man at the mirror
Got no one to please
Fat man, fat man, fat man
Nobody wants to know him
Fat man
Nobody wants to talk to him
Walk with him, be seen with him
Nobody wants to speak to him
Be with him, look like him
Fat man at the window
Bet you know why
Fat man at the window
Nobody wants to buy
Fat man, fat man, fat man
Nobody wants to know him
Fat man
Nobody wants to talk to him
Walk with him, be seen with him
Nobody wants to speak to him
there was a fat man
that wasn´t worried
bout his condition
he wasn´t married
till one day he met a woman
that he liked from head to toe
so then he stopped aal
all of the drinking
all the smoking
but the he bothered
arroun' in town
visiting the bar beer
well she loved him
but she dropped him
lo(oo oh oo oh oo oh)nely
christmas brother
lo oo oh oo oh oh oo oh
now that i´m sober
she dont want me back
now that it´s over
she dont give a crap
well the fat man
he bought a batman
for his little nephew
but hi didn´t like it
he shouted
drop in the crop
on a little pot town
a little shot
and a little fot town
so then the fat man
he got exited
he started shouting
through the walkie talkie
arroun' in town
well then he got fired
cause he was smelling up the taxi
lo(oo oh oo oh...
now that i´m sober
she don´t want me back
now that it´s over
i´m loosing my track
now that it´s over
she dont give a crap
i don´t belong to some drunky
i did no wrong please come lady
you got me wrong i´m not your honey
what have i done someone help me
lo(oo oh oo oh..
now that i´m...
she don´t want me back
now that it´s over
We just wrote this song on the bus the other day so just sit back and relax
I'm the 7 foot man,
I've commited no crime,
Bumping my head into doorways,
It happens all the time,
I'm 7 feet tall,
And I repeat,
They dont make a ski boot that can fit my feet,
I'm 7 feet tall,
And I dont play basketball,
I'm 7 feet tall,
But I'm still just a man,
So of course it hurts me a lot,
When I walk into the ceiling fan,
Small people say I wish I was him,
But its been nine years since I've had a trim,
The barber says,
I cant reach the top of his head,
7 foot man,
(ha ha)I cannot hide,
7 foot man,
I know cause I've tried,
7 foot man,
My last girlfriend died,
Because my penis,
Is 7 foot wide!!!!!!!!!
So the next time you see me,
Walking around,
And my head is right about to hit a tree branch,
Tell me to duck down,
And I'll pay you back ,
Soon you will see,
By getting you frisbee down from that tree,
I do what i can,
I'm the 7 foot man,
7 foot man,
Hey you, fat man
(Hey you, fat man)
Leave my girl alone
Hey you, fat man
(Hey you, fat man)
Leave my girl alone
If you don't have a girl
Go and get one on your own
All night long you keep bummin' around my home
All night long you keep bummin' around my home
And if you steal my girl, you're gonna leave me all alone, fat man
She's a one man girl, a one man girl alone
She's a one man girl, a one man girl alone
And if you steal my girl, you'll gonna leave me all alone
Hey you, fat man
(Hey you, fat man)
Leave my girl alone
Hey you, fat man
(Hey you, fat man)
Leave my girl alone
If you don't have a girl
Go and get one of your own
Hey you, fat man
(Hey you, fat man)
Leave my girl alone
Hey you, fat man
(Hey you, fat man)
Leave my girl alone
If you don't have a girl
Go and get one of your own
(Fat man)
And if you steal my girl, you'll leave me all alone
(Fat man)
She's a one man girl, a one man girl alone
(Fat man)
You wanna steal my girl, and you'll leave me all alone
(Fat man)
{The first thing I recorded, I'm gonna play right now
It was called a fat man and I recorded it in 1949}
They call, they call me the fat man
'Cause I weigh two hundred pounds
All the girls they love me
'Cause I know my way around
I was standin', I was standin' on the corner
Of Rampart and Canal
I was watchin', watchin'
Watchin' those people gather
I'm goin', I'm goin' goin' away
And I'm goin', goin' to stay
'Cause we be in this fast life