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Baba/Nyonya
Baba jingles from Lim
Teong Beng
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| Nonsense verse for kids Guay kim chn'air guay kim chn'air moon bright, stars charp gor mair 15th moon chn'iar loo-eh koo-ah invite your younger uncle lai chiar tair to tea tair sio sio tea is boiling hot kniar lor bay^ kin cheo walk to buy banana kin cheo bay kee pair` forget to peel the banana kniar lor bay ch'air walk to buy a book bark bay-kee buar~ forget to make the ink kniar lor bay chuar walk to buy a snake |
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bay-kee t'ai forget to kill the snake kniar lor bay ong-lai walk to buy a pineapple ong lai bay-kee chiar forget to eat the pineapple kniar lor bay k'ar k'iark walk to buy clogs k'ar k'iark bay-kee ch'eng forget to wear the clogs kniar lor bay kar leng walk to buy a parrot kar leng kong^, kar leng poay parrot speaks, parrot flies chn'iah loo nor larng come you two lai th'it thoe And join in the fun! (kar leng kong, kar leng po - play on words kong po, the old couple) A loo a a loo a chai` bee chai ch'ek plant rice, plant paddy lai ch'ee kay to feed chickens ch'ee kay lai keo knair` raise chickens to crow ch'ee kau lai booi mair~ raise dogs to bark in the night ch'ee how sneh ean lau pair raise sons to look after the father |
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ch'ee chau-ah
hor larng mair raise daughters to be scolded
` down tone as in tay (earth) ^ up tone as in ch'uarn (tired) ! abrupt sound n nasal |
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| ______ INDEX Point to the article
that you want to
read, and CLICK Index page Baba jingles Book
review Food guide
Foreign eye The jungle war (9)
Letter from
Pulau Tikus MacMichael's bullying
The Straits Chinese
The wise magistrate |
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