Translation by Tao-Lin Hwang
Crybaby
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:
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Shih-Hui Chen (b. 1962), "Crybaby", 2005, copyright © 2005 [ baritone clarinet, flute, violoncello, harp and percussion ], from Sweet Rice Pie: Six Songs on Four Taiwanese Nursery Rhymes, no. 3, Trigon Music Press
Publisher: Black Tea Music [external link] [sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this page: Joost van der Linden [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2026-06-15
Line count: 5
Word count: 5
Crybaby, a chicken
Language: English after the Chinese (中文)
Crybaby, a chicken Crybaby, a chicken Hair of his half shaven Money not his he's taken By a tiger he's half eaten
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Text Authorship:
Based on:
- a text in Chinese (中文) from Volkslieder (Folksongs)
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- [ None yet in the database ]
Researcher for this page: Joost van der Linden [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2026-06-15
Line count: 5
Word count: 22