I bought me a cat, my cat pleased me,
I fed my cat under yonder tree.
My cat says fiddle eye fee.
I bought me a duck, my duck pleased me,
I fed my duck under yonder tree.
My duck says, "Quaa, quaa",
My cat says fiddle eye fee.
I bought me a goose, my goose pleased me,
I fed my goose under yonder tree.
My goose says, "Quaw, quaw",
My duck says. . .
I bought me a hen, my hen pleased me.
I fed my hen under yonder tree.
My hen says, Shimmy shack, shimmy shack",
My goose says. . .
I bought me a pig, my pig pleased me.
I fed my pig under yonder tree.
My pig says, "Griffey, griffey".
My hen says. . .
I bought me a cow, my cow pleased me.
I fed my cow under yonder tree.
My cow says "Moo, moo",
my pig says . . .
I bought me a horse, my horse pleased me.
I fed my horse under yonder tree.
My horse says, "Neigh, neigh",
My cow says. . .
I bought me a wife, my wife pleased me.
I fed my wife under yonder tree.
My wife says, "Honey, honey",
My horse says "Neigh, neigh". . .
Note: some singers choose to change the word "bought" in the last stanza to "got" or "wed" or "found".
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- CHI Chinese (中文) (Yen-Chiang Che) , "我買了一隻貓", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: Joel Ayau
This text was added to the website: 2004-06-26
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我買了一隻貓,我的貓令我高興
我在遠遠的樹下餵我的貓
我的貓說著 “fiddle eye fee”
我買了一隻鴨子,我的鴨子令我高興
我在遠遠的樹下餵我的鴨子
我的鴨子說:呱呱
我的貓說著 “fiddle eye fee”
我買了一隻鵝,我的鵝令我高興
我在遠遠的樹下餵我的鵝
我的鵝說:嘓嘓
我的鴨子說。。。
我買了一隻母雞,我的母雞令我高興
我在遠遠的樹下餵我的母雞
我的母雞說:希米斜克
我的鵝說。。。
我買了一頭豬,我的豬令我高興
我在遠遠的樹下餵我的豬
我的豬說:哼哼
我的母雞說。。。
我買了一頭母牛,我的母牛令我高興
我在遠遠的樹下餵我的母牛
我的母牛說:哞哞
我的豬說。。。
我買了一頭馬,我的馬令我高興
我在遠遠的樹下餵我的馬
我的馬說:呢呢
我的母牛說。。。
我買了老婆,我的老婆令我高興
我在遠遠的樹下餵我的老婆
我的老婆說:親愛的~親愛的~
我的馬說。。。