I am sure most of us grew up learning nursery rhymes, some of them still etched somewhere in our heads that we would be surprised that, even in our 30s, we could still remember them. One of them is this one:-
One Two
Buckle my shoes
Three Four
Shut the door
Five Six
Pick up sticks
Seven Eight
Lay them straight
Nine Ten
A big fat hen
On Sunday, as I was vegetating in front of the tv, Sasha sang to me a very funny version of the same rhyme .
One Two
I like to eat buah ciku
Three Four
Kambing lari, ti or or
(Malay + hokkien: Goats ran, the sky is dark)
Five Six
Long time no see, I love sick
Seven Eight
Hong chia boh bu lek
(Hokkien: The car has no brakes)
Nine Ten
Long tiuk botak head
(Hokkien: Hit a botak head)
Apparently, it was my uncle from Taiping who taught her how to sing this when she went there for a holiday. Beware what you teach your children. They will remember it for life.
13 Comments, Comment or Ping
“Five Six
Long time no see, I love sick”
Heehee, so true, no?
May 6th, 2008 at 9:30 pm
So funny… she’s cute
May 6th, 2008 at 10:11 pm
haiz.. it’s sad to think that I don’t recall any…
May 7th, 2008 at 12:06 am
HaHaha….this is the same song I sang to Zoe (almost daily) when I want to put her on her car seat and buckle up. It always works for her…she will quietly sit there and let me buckle her seat…
1, 2 buckle my seat
3, 4 shut the door (car door)
5,6….usually I can stop by here….but I think I love Sasha’s version…”I love sick”
May 7th, 2008 at 9:09 am
Nine Ten
Long tiuk botak head
I laughed until my sides ache!
May 7th, 2008 at 2:42 pm
Yeah, I grew up with nursery rhymes. There was this TV serios called “Sapphire and Steel” which focused on the paranormal and nursery rhymes. I remember it being spooky when I was young.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sapphire_&_Steel
May 7th, 2008 at 6:32 pm
haha, funny and creative!
May 7th, 2008 at 6:38 pm
OMG, the 2nd lines are supposed to rhyme with the first so SICK is supposed to rhyme with SIX….sigh… one, two, three, four, five, sick…
May 7th, 2008 at 11:24 pm
How true! Kids really absorb what you teach them like a dry sponge. I truly like your uncle’s version.
I used to teach my nephew when he was 2 years old what ABC stands for:-
A - Alcohol
B - Beer
C - Champagne
May 8th, 2008 at 2:55 am
Mauahahha!! too cute lah..!!
May 9th, 2008 at 9:51 am
Kenny Mah: Yeah.. absence makes the heart grew fonder?
Ann & Mama BoK: Yes.. cute. Wait till you live in the same house with her for all eternity.
JK: You tarak pergi kindergarten kah?
Pony tail: My mom teaches the children a malay song every morning - Bangun pagi.. gosok gigi.. haha!
Lil Ms Pinky: I guess good old hokkien never fails.
zing: Wah.. so class one. I never heard of it. So damn “England”. You learn English from aliens. No wonder your England is out of this world.
ml: Got some more rhymes. But some quite vulgar.
shorthorse: Cool eh? Haha. My uncle.. who finished till primary school can rhyme!
asme: Hahaha! D for dope. E for exstacy.
May 9th, 2008 at 12:02 pm
tarak loh…
don’t know how it looks like also.
May 10th, 2008 at 9:51 pm
Wah liao…my Mom sang the “bangun pagi, gosok gigi” to me and my brother too when we were small…it annoys us out of our bed to get ready for school…hahaha!
May 12th, 2008 at 10:30 am
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