Lyrics of Hubei folk song Little Son-in-law and Jingzhou folk song Longboat tune

The lyrics are as follows:

Little Son-in-Law

The crows (magpies) add (caw) a few add ah, the old wow (crows) wow (caw) a few wow ah, the people ga (people's) son-in-law how much son big my moms Zishe, my son-in-law one of the ga (very small meaning) also.

Learn (say) his a ga ah ah, his little boy and big ah, I want to learn gossip with that side my mother Zishe, he cross-eyed bulging eyes brake also.

Standing on that pedal (the wooden board in front of the bed in the old days to put shoes) ah, he has to be two feet long ah, I want to drag him out of the gram to feed the wolves my mother house, he is black (scared) choking (like) ghosts wang (shouting) also.

Sleeping until the chicken crowed ah, he pulled up a pop (bubble) urine ah, the flower of my bedsheets Wanda my mother Zishe, really a rush treasure also.

The more I think about it, the more angry I am, mom and I make up my mind ah, determined to fight with him to break away from (divorce) my mother Zishe, do not want this little son-in-law ah.

Dragon Boat Song

New Year's Day in the first month of the year, which is the New Year's Eve,

Meiwa went to pay homage to the New Year's Eve, which is the New Year's Day,

Golden silver locks, silver silver locks,

The sunbird screamed, wow piggybacking on parakeets, ah piggybacking on parakeets,

Mei-wa: Mei-wa want to cross the river, which one is to push me,

Mei-wa: Mei-wa want to cross the river, which one is to push me?

The boatman: I'm here to push you!

Mei-wa: Mei-wa wants to cross the river, which one is going to push me?

The boatman: I'll push you!

Mei-wa: boatman you put the helm board which ah Mei-wa I got on the boat

Collaboration: ah yo-yi zuo ah yo-yi zuo

Pushing the ah sister across the river yo-ho-ho Hey

Longboat tune of the history of the: In March 1957, the Lichuan folk singer Wang Guosheng, Zhang Huatang to participate in the country's second folk music and dance repertoire, the aroma of the "Longboat tune" for the first time to the capital city audience. The song was first dedicated to the audience in the capital city. Since then, the song has been widely circulated throughout the country and even spread to Southeast Asian countries. In the 80's, Longboat Song was honored as one of the world's top 25 folk songs and one of the best folk songs in China's Top 40 Folk Songs.