Preface
Index
#拉大鋸 Draw the saw
#上軲轆台 Goes up the sitting-stone
#楊樹葉兒 The poplar leaves
#挑水的哥 Water carrying fellow
#沙土地兒 On the sandy plain
#小禿兒 Small bald-headed
#痲子痲 The boy much marked with the small pox
#誰跟我頑兒 Who is going to play with me?
#我一個大兒子 This one great son of mine!
#我兒子睡覺了 My flower is sleeping
#黃狗黃狗你看家 Yellow dog, yellow dog, look after the house
#寒鴉兒寒鴉兒過 The white breasted crows, the white breasted crows are passing
#小白菜兒 Like the small cabbage
#張大嫂 Mistress Chang
#日頭出來一點紅 The sun has come out like a red spot
#剔燈棍兒 With the oil-lamp wire
#石榴花兒的姐 The bride, is the pomegranate flower
#槐樹槐 Ash trees, ash trees
#小二哥 The small second brother
#金軲轆棒 Gilt wood mace
#扯扯 Draw, draw
#大禿子得病 The first baldhead gets sick
#樹葉兒靑 The tree leaves are dark
#立了秋來了秋 The autumn has set in, the autumn has set in
#小五兒 The small five
#小小子 The small boy
#高高山上有一家 On a very high mountain there lives a family
#香香蒿子 Here is Artemisia annua
#泥泥泥泥餑餑 Here are mud pies
#水牛兒水牛兒 Snail, snail
#妞兒要吃麪 Young lady, if you want to eat vermicelli
#出了門兒 As soon I have gone out
#褡連兒撘 The purse, the purse
#羅鍋子橋 On the hunchback bridge
#東嶽廟 In the temple of mount T'ai-shan
#大娘子喝酒 The first lady drinks wine
#禿子禿 You baldhead
#褡連兒撘 The purse, the purse
#三兒三兒 San'r, San'r, what sort of dress have you put on?
#哶哶羊 The bleating small sheep
#大翻車 A big cart has overturned
#高高山上一座小廟 On a very high mountain there is a small temple
#新打一把茶壺 A newly made metal tea-kettle is very bright
#一進門兒喜冲冲 Entering the gate, how merry it is!
#和尚和尚搖鈴鐺 Oh the bonze, the bonze is shaking the bell
#小回囘兒 The small Mohammedan
#一呀二呀 One, two
#打花巴掌 Strike the hands, in the first month of the year
#大羅兒篩 Beating the sieve sift!
#一副筐 With a pair of baskets
#翻餅烙餅 Turn the pie, cook the pie
#高高山上一落磚 On a very high mountain there is pile of bricks
#厚底兒鞋 With high-heeled shoes
#杜棃兒樹 The small pear-tree
#紅葫蘆 The red pumpkin
#樹葉兒黑 The tree leaves are dark
#荆條棍兒 The stems of the Vitex incisa
#鐵蠶豆 Broad beans as hard as iron
#娶媳婦兒的 The bridal procession
#喜雀尾巴長 The magpie has a long tail
#小禿兒 You small bald-heads
#花紅柳綠線兒 I want red thread as red as red flowers and green thread as green as green willows
#糊糊 Roast, roast
#禿禿鍤 Bald bald cymbals
#煤糢兒 (In) the coal-mould
#丫頭丫 The small girl
#玲瓏塔 How elegant is the pagoda!
#雉鷄翎 With ringed pheasant feathers
#藍靛廠
#風來咯 The wind has come
#高高山上一顆蒿 On a very high mountain there is a stem of Artemisia
#香爐兒 An incense-stove and an earthenware lamp
#小妞兒 The little girl
#爺爺抱孫子 The grandfather embraces his grandson
#小腳儿娘 The little lady with the small feet
#高高山上一座樓 On a very high mountain there is a high tower
#駱駝駱駝噻噻 Camel, camel, kneel down
#你媽七 Your mother "seven"
#桃樹葉兒尖 The peach tree leaves are pointed
#小小子兒 The small boy
#高高山上一顆蔴 On a very high mountain there is a stem of hemp
#好熱天兒 What a hot day
#羊巴巴蛋兒 Goat's dung
#高高山上有個小廟 On a very high mountain
#有個妞兒不害羞 There is a small girl who does not feel ashamed
#有個小禿兒本姓高 There was a small bald-headed man, whose name was Kao
#立立立立站兒 I top here
#羅鍋兒橋 The hunchback bridge
#黑老婆兒 The old brown woman
#小小子兒 The very little boy
#黃城根兒 Near the wall of the imperial town
#簷蝙蝠 The bat
#老太太呌貓 The old lady calls the cat
#小秦椒兒 The small chillies
#蒿子燈 The artemisia lantern
#小三兒他媽 Sar's mother
#小耗子兒 The small mouse
#兩枝蠟 Two candles
#八仙槕兒 A table for eight persons
#喜兒喜兒吃豆腐 The magpie, the magpie eats beancurd
#喜兒喜兒買豆腐 The magpie, the magpie buys beancurd
#顧不得一時睡着 Without perceiving it in a moment I fell asleep
#小大姐 You the first small young lady
#新姑娘十幾咯 The bride is ten years and more
#有邊兒有邊兒 She is first rate, first rate, really first rate!
#出了門兒好喪氣 As soon as I came out of my gate, what an unauspicious sight!
#咚咚咚 The drums are striking
#一進門兒黑咕窿咚 Upon entering all was pitch dark
#高高山上一座樓 On a very high mountain there is a high tower
#小元兒 Small Yüar2
#月亮爺 The father moon
#哏兒哏兒 The cock crowing
#茉莉花兒的丈夫 The jasmine-husband
#平則門拉大弓 Near the Ping-tso-men they draw longbows
#紫不紫 Purple or not purple
#說開船就開船 We say "set sails" and the ship starts
#拉拉穀的車三哥哥 The locust cart and the third brother
#小三兒小三兒 Small San'r, small San'r
#隔着牆兒扔切糕 From outside the walls he throws slices of pudding
#廟裏的和尚拉大鎖 The priest of the temple drags a heavy chain
#膠泥瓣兒 The sticky clay blocks
#祭竈祭竈新年來到 Sacrifice to the god of the stoves, sacrifice to the god of the stoves, the new-year has arrived
#滴滴滴 The chicken screaming
#月亮爺 The father-moon
#松枝兒樹 On the fir tree
#黃豆粒兒 The yellow haricot
#松柏枝兒 The branches of fit and cypress
#一個毽兒 A shuttle-cok
#門兒敲的梆梆 People knock at the door
#小陶氣兒 The impertinent youngster
#大羅兒篩 Strike the sieve and sift
#小大姐 The young lady
#我的兒我的姣 My son
#豆芽菜 The bean sprouts
#秦始皇 The Emperor Shih-huang
#蹊蹊蹺 Very extraordinary
#白塔寺 At the temple of Pai-t'a-ssu, there is a white pagoda
#痲子鬼 The "small pox devil"
#喜花掐來戴滿頭 Here are the flowers of joy, pick them up and cover your head with them
#錐幫子兒 (The boy) bores the heelband of the shoe
#月亮爺 The Lord moon
#高高山上一窩猪 On a very high mountain there is a lair of pigs
#廟門對廟門兒 A door of the temple is opposite to a door of the temple
#鳥鳥鳥 Hallo!
#這個人生來性兒急 This man is very hasty by nature
#窮太太兒 The poor woman
#是誰拍我的門兒 Who knocks at the door?
#大哥哥二哥哥 First elder brother
# 正月裏正月正 In the first month, in the first month
#小小子開鋪兒 The small boy has opened a shop
#小姑娘作一夢 The small girl
#養活猪吃口肉 If we keep a pig
#喜兒喜兒 Joy, joy
#鼓靠着鼓來 Drums succeed drums
#紅得哩 Here is the red!
#大娘二娘猜 The first wife and second wife play at guessing riddles
#小胖小子兒 This fat boy of mine really amuses people!
#高高山上一個牛 On a very high mountain there is an ox
#買一包
#初一初二初三四兒 On the first, on the second, on the third and on the fourth
#你要奢你要奢 What do you want, what do you want?
#鞭炮一响把張開 Here is the first discharge of crackers and the shop begins to receive customers
#天皇皇 Heaven is imperial!
#竈王爺 O God of the hearth
#頭遍灰 The first time the ashes
#年年有個三月三 Every year there is the festival of the 3d day of the third moon
#南京大柳樹 The willow trees in Nanking
#轂洞洞 In the awning-cart
#壽星老兒福祿星 The spirit of longevity, and the stars of happiness and appointment
#小胖哥 This fat boy