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LIV
家 毋哭
1#人 丈别
給 勸你 了 來 母
會 過丈
茱 塔 婿毋
杜 兒樹 開白花 養活丫頭作甚麽 拿起剪子瞎 搭
爹也哭 娘也哭 女 丈 我家還有二斗穀 碍小米兒 熬豆粥 餓 不死你的禿丫
NOTES
These words are sung to small girls by their parents. The first two verses have nothing to do with the rest, but, as a girl is the subject of the song, they fit very well. 杜黎兒 tu li ，r， a pear with small fruit ( Pynis betulaefolia ). 瞎嘆搭 hsia' ka- ta'， familiar expression, it means to make noise using a pair of scissors and without good effect, and it is said of the small girls who begin to learn how to cut the cloth to make dresses of it. Hsia'
