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Sweet Rice Pie: Six Songs on Four Taiwanese Nursery Rhymes

Song Cycle by Shih-Hui Chen (b. 1962)

Publisher: Black Tea Music (external link)

1. Sweet Rice Pie  [sung text not yet checked]

Language: Chinese (中文) 
一的爆米香
二的炒韭菜
三的沖沖滾
四的炒米粉
五的五將軍
六的乞食孫
七的分一半
八的爬梁山
九的九嬸婆
十的撞大鑼

Text Authorship:

  • from Volkslieder (Folksongs)

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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • ENG English (Tao-Lin Hwang) , copyright ©

Researcher for this page: Joost van der Linden [Guest Editor]

2. Swing High, Swing Low
 (Sung text)

Language: Chinese (中文) 
搖呀搖
搖到內山
去挽茄
挽若多
挽夠一飯籬
也好吃
也好賣
也好給嬰仔作度晬

Text Authorship:

  • from Volkslieder (Folksongs)

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  • ENG English (Tao-Lin Hwang) , copyright ©

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3. Crybaby
 (Sung text)

Language: Chinese (中文) 
愛哭神
愛哭神
剃頭剃一邊
欠錢無愛還
給虎咬一邊

Text Authorship:

  • from Volkslieder (Folksongs)

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  • ENG English (Tao-Lin Hwang) , copyright ©

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4. Firefly  [sung text not yet checked]

Language: Chinese (中文) 
火金姑
來食茶
茶燒燒
配弓焦
茶冷冷
配龍眼
龍眼會開花
蒲仔换菜瓜
菜瓜好煮湯
蒲仔換粗糠
粗糠好起火
九嬸婆仔賢炊粿
炊到臭火焦
又個兼著火

Text Authorship:

  • from Volkslieder (Folksongs)

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  • ENG English (Tao-Lin Hwang) , copyright ©

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5. Swing High, Swing Low
 (Sung text)

Language: Chinese (中文) 
搖呀搖
搖到內山
去挽茄
挽若多
挽夠一飯籬
也好吃
也好賣
也好給嬰仔作度晬

Text Authorship:

  • from Volkslieder (Folksongs)

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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • ENG English (Tao-Lin Hwang) , copyright ©

Researcher for this page: Joost van der Linden [Guest Editor]

6. Sweet Rice Pie
 (Sung text)

Language: Chinese (中文) 
一的爆米香
二的炒韭菜
三的沖沖滾
四的炒米粉
五的五將軍
六的乞食孫
七的分一半
八的爬梁山
九的九嬸婆
十的撞大鑼

Text Authorship:

  • from Volkslieder (Folksongs)

Go to the general single-text view

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • ENG English (Tao-Lin Hwang) , copyright ©

Researcher for this page: Joost van der Linden [Guest Editor]
Total word count: 55
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