grade school rhymes

Discussions on the Cantonese language.
sfboy

Re: grade school rhymes

Post by sfboy »

Hey Great Wall:

Thanks. There's alot of these that I haven't heard in years. It's great for a good laugh and rhymes like these surely do reveal alot about one's culture.

(Melody from a wedding song)
行啦, 老陳, 從此被困, …

This one I have never heard before, funny as hell.
Sebastian Hew

Re: grade school rhymes

Post by Sebastian Hew »

How about

和尚頭
點豉油
點得多
鹹過頭

Sebastian.
Great Wall

Re: grade school rhymes

Post by Great Wall »

Hi Sebastian, my wife got the following part.

和尚頭
點豉油
點得多
鹹過頭
點得少
淡茂茂

Songs like 月光光, 點蟲蟲 and 雞公仔 are recorded in a research monograph by Helen Kwok's and Mimi Chan's (1990), but I wonder if there is any book that has these common nursery rhymes/children's songs/popular phrases used by Cantonese-speaking children? It's interesting from the viewpoint of cultural heritage, as these are disappearing in Hong Kong.

GW
Great Wall

Re: grade school rhymes

Post by Great Wall »

Guys, two more song for teasing kids:

醜醜醜, 醜甩耳仔送燒酒.

又喊又笑, 烏蠅打siu3, kam4keoi2賴尿, 老鼠行橋, 有個細蚊仔流馬尿.

GW
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