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Shirley Sung Chinese (Xinjiang) Folk Song--0031: The Girl of Daban City

LISTEN TO SHIRLEY SINGING THE SONG

Saturday evening, instead of learning something from my vocal music teacher as usual, I taught myself a Chinese (Xijiang) folk song -- The Girl of Daban City for my teacher had hurt her feet on the stairs.

This song was written by A Famous Chinese Musician Wang Luobing. It is very famous in China. :-)

Can you imagine? Since this song sang what beautiful the girls in Baban City, the little City of Xinjiang has changed to be a famous tourist city, almost all of the people who have gone to Xinjiang want to go to the city to see the beautiful girls in the city... :-)

I have been found funny why the singer said to the girl who is in his heart:

Bring your money and wealth,
take with your younger sister,
come to me by your horse cart...

Maybe you can understand it after read something about Wang Luobing

MAIN MENAING OF THE SONGLISTEN TO SHIRLEY SINGING THE SONG:


Daban City's stone street is so flat and hard,
Watermelon is so big and sweet!
A girl in Daban City has some long braideds,
Her two eyes are so beautiful!

If you wanted to get marrying,
don't marry anyone else,
You must marry only me.
Bring your money and wealth,
take with your younger sister,
come to me by your horse cart...


CHINESE LYRICS AND PRONUNCIATIONLISTEN TO SHIRLEY SINGING THE SONG

大坂城的姑娘-- Daban Cheng de Gunian


大坂城的石路平又平哪 -- Daban cheng de shilu ping you ping na,
西瓜大又甜啊 -- xigua da you tian a 。
大 坂 城 的 姑 娘 辫 子 长 啊 -- Daban cheng de gunian bianzi chang a ,
两只眼睛真漂亮 -- lian zhi yanjing zhen piaolian 。
你要是嫁人 -- ni yao shi jia ren ,
不要嫁给别人 -- bu yao jia gei bieren,
一定要嫁给我 -- yiding yao jia gei wo。
带着你的钱财 -- dai zhe ni de qian cai,
领着你的妹妹 -- ling zhe ni de meimei,
赶着那马车来 -- gan zhe na ma che lai。


LISTEN TO SHIRLEY SINGING THE SONG

If you have any questions, comments and suggestions, please write to shirley@ebridge.cn , or shirleyz004@yahoo.com, You are welcomed to publish your opinions in Forum For Friends as well. :-)

--Shirley

Written, Translated and Recorded It on Sun, August 20, 2006