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Sharizal Shaarani 07.05.03 / 9am

Bin Gregory

Bangau O Bangau is a song that goes into an infite loop until you’re stuck!
Bin Gregory 07.05.03 / 9am

Yeah, I just can’t quite close the loop… I’m missing a couple animals in there somewhere!
nydd 07.06.03 / 12am

I’ll give it a try:

Bangau o bangau,
Kenapa engkau kurus?

Macam mana aku tak kurus,
Ikan tak mahu timbul,
Ikan tak mahu timbul.

Ikan o ikan,
Kenapa engkau tak timbul,

Macam mana aku nak timbul,
Rumput panjang sangat,
Rumput panjang sangat.

Rumput o rumput,
Kenapa engkau panjang?

Macam mana aku tak panjang,
Kerbau tak makan aku,
Kerbau tak makan aku.

Kerbau o kerbau,
Kenapa tak makan rumput?

Macam mana aku nak makan,
Perut aku sakit,
Perut aku sakit.

Perut o perut,
Kenapa engkau sakit?

Macam mana aku tak sakit,
Makan nasi basi,
Makan nasi basi.

Nasi o nasi,
Kenapa engkau basi?

Macam mana aku tak basi,
Hujan timpa aku,
Hujan timpa aku.

Hujan o hujan,
Kenapa engkau turun?

Macam mana aku tak turun,
Katak panggil aku,
Katak panggil aku.

Katak o katak,
Kenapa panggil hujan?

Macam mana aku tak panggil,
Ular nak makan aku,
Ular nak makan aku.

Ular o ular,
Kenapa nak makan katak?

Macama mana aku tak makan,
Memang makanan aku,
Memang makanan aku.

[And the last person singing the last phrases should imitate the snake eating the frog, heheh]

Fuh, i am out of breath writing these lines…
Bin Gregory 07.08.03 / 1pm

Yay, Affendi, thanks again! I’m sure there’s plenty of variation in the lyrics. The version my wife (partly) remembered has an extra verse between the nasi and the hujan:

macam mana aku tak sakit
makan nasi mantah
makan nasi mantah

macam mana aku tak mantah
kayu api basah
kayu api basah

macam mana akut tak basah
hujan timpa aku
hujan timpa aku
nnydd 07.09.03 / 3am

Nope, I was wrong and kakak is right. . BTW, my fav, among others, is ‘Air Pasang Pagi’.
~lin~ 07.10.03 / 9am

i’m gonna give it a try (practising to sing for the future children, ehem)

Air Pasang Pagi
Surut Pukul Tiga
Nyonya bangun pagi
Siram pokok bunga

Pokok bunga melur
Tanam tepi kolam
Itik bertelur
Ayam mengeram

Cik Baba jatuh dalam parit
Cik Aminah ketawa berdekah-dekah

heheh sorry for the last two, i can’t remember anymore.

here’s what I found : http://www.pnm.my/new/melayu/penerbitan/lagu_kanak2.htm

That’s it, I’m gonna do the same also since I’ll be the only one in the family who is fluent in malay!
Anonymous 07.10.03 / 10am

oh hehehe.. gor the lyrics all messed up. look at the link to get the correct one.
nnydd 07.11.03 / 2pm

When we were very small, our parents used to tape what we read and what we chatted about. One day an uncle of us taped my elder brother’s musings on some of the songs he knew including that Tok, Tok Noyang song. I have already forgotten part of the lyric and was very happy to know this link. However, all the songs on that page do not have exactly the same lyrics as what was taught to us and certainly do not sound right too - listen to that Henjut-henjut [Enjit-enjit?] Semut. I believe PNM has changed some of the lines to conform to the grammar of standard, modern BM. I may be wrong, .
nnydd 07.20.03 / 11pm

AIR PASANG PAGI

Air Pasang Pagi
Surut Pukul Lima
Nyonya bangun pagi
Siram pokok bunga

Pokok bunga melur
Tanam tepi kolam
Itik bertelur
Ayam mengeram

Cik Baba jatuh dalam parit
Cik Aminah ketawa jerit-jerit

Naik keretapi sampai Kuala Lumpur,
Nampak bini comel, tersepit celah* dapur!

* a friend told of another variant: tersorok bawah
Bin Gregory 07.21.03 / 8am

nnydd! My son was just singing that yesterday morning! OK, translation coming soon…
Tanya 10.26.03 / 10am

Hello! I’ve been searching the web to find the definition of “katak” and stumbled upon this page. I was hoping that someone would be able to help me out! Thank you very much!
news- 08.06.04 / 12am

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