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Synopsis :

A series of Teochew nursery rhymes written and narrated by 蔡鸿森 Chua Hong Siang; recorded by the National Archives of Singapore.

Author's Biography:
潮州童谣 蔡鸿森，笔名筝心， 1948年生于中国广东， 1959 年南来新加坡。2018年初次创作新潮州方童谣，作品近千首。

#132《蛤婆看天鹅》

Written Teochew:
老鼠拖癞蛤蟆，
拖上屋顶去看天鹅，
等呀等，
等了半天看不到天鹅，
飞过的鸽子取笑癞蛤蟆：
地面有鹅你不看，
天上没鹅你要看鹅，
看你待会儿怎样下去？

写于 12.6.18

#132 Frog Goes Swan Watching

Mouse drags frog to the rooftop to watch for swan.
Waiting and gazing for half a day,
still no sight of any swan.
Pigeon passes by and laughs at frog,
"Instead of staying on the ground where swans can be found,
you go to the sky where swans are never found.
Shall see how you are going to get down.”


English translation by Lee Soo Mien, a volunteer of NAS.

《新潮州方言童谣作者》

蔡鸿森，笔名筝心，新加坡公民，1948年生于广东潮安，1959年南来，华文文学写作者，出版童话，寓言，儿歌，儿童诗等文本40册，2018年开始创作《新潮州方言童谣》，作品近千首；並由新加坡国家图书馆录话录稿上网；2020年同时创作福建童谣100首。

Author of New Teochew Dialect Nursery Rhymes

Mr. Chua Hong Siang, pen-name ‘筝心’, born in Chao’an District in the Province of Guangdong in 1948. He travelled to Singapore in 1959, and has become a Singaporean citizen since. As a Chinese literary author, his published works of over 40 books include fairy tales, nursery rhymes, children’s songs, poems and more.  In 2018, he began working on ‘New Teochew Dialect Nursery Rhymes’, reaching almost a thousand rhymes till date. A portion of the rhymes, both voice narrations and written works, have been added to an online catalogue in Singapore’s National Library’s collection. In 2020, he also began working on a collection of Hokkien Nursery Rhymes, having written a hundred till date.