新谣: 我们的心声 (Xinyao: Our Voice)

我们这里是新加坡 KK Hospital was formerly known as Kandang Kerbau Hospital This is Singapore 我阿妈系竹脚生我 My mother gave birth to me at ​KK Hospital 虽然那时候霸王车很多 Though there were many pirate taxis then 她却依然骑单车去工作 She still chose to ride her own bicycle to work 我们这里是新加坡 This is Singapore 我的童年在女皇镇过 I spent my childhood in Q​ ueenstown 一房半厅的组屋背后 Behind our compact HDB flat 小小的林子里 There was a little forest 曾经是孩子们的窝 It used to be the children’s hangout 99

SapkiannGinagsiTngop OLD SCHOOL GAMES These were some of the many Hopscotch classic traditional games that kids from the 1970s and 1980s played with during their childhood Five Stones 100 Goli aka Marbles

我们这里是新加坡 This is Singapore 我的小学从前在小坡 My primary school was in the N​ orth Bridge Road​area 平时不读书考试之前 Normally I didn’t study hard until just before the examinations 跑到四马路的庙前 And would go to the temple in​Waterloo Street 说声哦阿弥陀佛 To pray to the Buddha

我们这里是新加坡 This is Singapore 我们都曾一无所有过 We used to own nothing at all 现在拥有的不算什么 Even what we own now is nothing to be proud of 但是比别人珍惜得多 But we still treasure it more than others 我们这里是新加坡 This is Singapore 我表兄金山回来囉 My cousin is back from San Francisco 小小麻雀衔竹枝 Like a little sparrow carrying a bamboo stick 都系衔番屋企好得多 Returning home is always better than anything else

T h i s whrweahrasysmwyeaoo uutnlCdhgaa. nhttu omtnheetsoes ohcnihmgiwl dwr irhteeennr' s' s 麻雀仔担竹枝 f o l k fa t Little carrying a bamboo stick he sparrow Red flower decoration 担上街头望阿姨 Looking for auntie along the street 阿姨梳只玲珑髻 Auntie has her hair worn in a beautiful bun 插朵红花伴髻围 With a red flower as decoration

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01 细水长流 3:16 4:01 FRIENDSHIP FOREVER (1987) 4:16 3:06 02 我们这一班 4:11 3:44 OUR CLASS (1987) 3:47 3:22 03 天冷就回来 2:29 3:22 COME BACK WHEN IT’S COLD (2002) 04 一步一步来 STEP BY STEP (1990) 05 小人物的心声 VOICES OF AN ORDINARY FOLK (1986) 06 星空下 UNDER THE STARRY SKY (1985) 07 遗忘过去 FORGET ABOUT THE PAST (1985) 08 心宇寂星 LONELY HEART IN THE UNIVERSE (1986) 09 新加坡派 SINGAPORE PIE (1990) 10 麻雀衔竹枝 THE SPARROW CARRYING A BAMBOO TWIG (1990)