Lyrics - Pinyin
(Folk song from China & Taiwan)
Wǒ yǒu yìzhī xiǎo máolǘ wǒ cóng lái yě bù qí
Yǒu yì tiān wǒ xīn xuè lái cháo qí-zhe qù gǎnjí
Wǒ shǒulǐ názhe xiǎo píbiān wǒ xīn lǐ zhēn déyì
Bù zhī zěnme huālālālā wǒ shuāile yìshēn ní
English Translation - I have a small donkey
I have a little donkey that I never ride
One day I decided to ride to market
A whip in my hand, I felt ready to go
I don’t know how, but I fell off into the mud
Chinese - 小毛驴
我有一头小毛驴，我从来也不骑。
有一天我心血来潮，骑着去赶集。
我手里拿着小皮鞭，心里正得意。
不知怎么哗啦啦啦摔了我一身泥。
See also
- Countries: China / Taiwan
- Subject: donkeys
- Harmony: chords I, IV, V
- Melody: tonic triad
- Meter: 4
- Scale: hexachord
- Tones: drmfsld’
YouTube
- PDF of song with chords
- MIDI file
- Listen to the melody
Thank you,
on the second line, it should be qí-zhe not qíz-he. Mandarin phonology does not allow a sound like ‘qíz’.
Regards
Thank you!