Two Tigers (nursery rhyme)

Two Tigers is a popular Mandarin nursery rhyme called "Liang Zhi Lao Hu" in Mandarin. It originated from Taiwan. Variations adopt the tune of the French melody Frère Jacques.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

Lyrics

Lyrics in Chinese characters

两只老虎,
两只老虎,
跑得快,
跑得快,
一只没有眼睛,
一只没有尾巴,
真奇怪,
真奇怪。

Lyrics in pinyin

Liǎng zhī lǎohǔ,
Liǎng zhī lǎohǔ,
Pǎo de kuài,
Pǎo de kuài,
Yī zhī méiyǒu yǎnjīng,
Yī zhī méiyǒu wěibā,
Zhēn qíguài,
Zhēn qíguài.

English translation

Two Tigers
Two Tigers
Run so fast
Run so fast
One has no eyes
One has no tail
How weird
How weird

Vietnamese Lyrics

Kìa con bướm vàng
Kìa con bướm vàng
Xòe đôi cánh
Xòe đôi cánh
Con bướm bay lên ba vòng
Con bướm bay lên ba vòng
Trên hàng bông
Trên hàng bông

References

  1. Ya-feng Wu and Hsing-ying Li, Gothic Crossings: Medieval to Postmodern, National Taiwan University Press, 2011, p 338
  2. Two Tigers - Taiwanese Children's Songs - Taiwan - Mama Lisa's World: Children's Songs and Rhymes from Around the World
  3. "Two Tigers", Good Kids
  4. "Chinese Children's Songs", Chinese For Kids
  5. "Il Divo singing Chinese nursery rhyme "Two Tigers"(两只老虎) on "Life of Music" with Sun Xiaomei", First Post
  6. Fei-Lin Hsiao, Perception of Familiar Melodies and Tonal Speech by Taiwanese Pediatric Cochlear Implant Recipients, ProQuest, 2006
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