When I was a little girl...

Can you recall the nursery rhymes that you use to sing when you were small? From "twinkle-twinkle little star" to "humpty dumpty sat on the wall"... We used to have a PC game with all the nursery rhymes in it. Hence, hours will be spent in front of the PC, singing along to the various rhymes.

However, the focus today is not on the western nursery rhymes.

Besides those english nursery rhymes, we were also brought up exposed to the various Malay nursery rhymes and folk songs. I don't know what has got into me today, but I was recalling an old Kelantan folk song on my way to work today. I was playing it in my mind throughout the day because I can't recall how it ends. Hence, I have been asking various people, from online friends to cousins and even my aunt and my mom.

This is how it goes...

Cak klepik klepuk klepa
buoh brange lokoh kulit
akat cano takdok baka
mari samo kito balik
lek lek gung
pok talib keno sigung
(this is where I got stuck.. then came many different versions)
ling ling ling
basika masuk rok
mu kato aku keling
mu tokpek tok basuh beghok
(there's more but I just could not catch on)
wah adaina tok cheh..!

It's amazing how people can actually come up with those songs. Most of it is based on jokes and cynical advises. However, for people like me, who doesn't understand most of the words, it is just another childhood song that lingers at the back of my head every now and then.

Another one of my favorite would be...

(it begins with.. "sep sep sep.. bom bom bom")
Ola Oli ku beri nama
saudara saudari
cikebum cikebum
malam-malam minggu
siang-siang minggu
disko disko
putih putih melati... ali baba
merah merah jelita... meow meow
siapa yang baik hati... cinderella
lama-lama menjadi patung...

*lol*

Well, laugh all you want. I am not ashamed to admit that that used to be one of my favourite games. I bet if you are around the same age as I am, you will be singing along to it by now. Haaa... kantoi! It can be deduced that almost every Malay kid in Malaysia would have played or sing the song at least once in their lifetime.

Looking back, one would wonder what was the song all about. One could not make any sense out of the lyrics at all. And that is not the only song that has weird and funny lyrics or wordings in it. There's more!

Assalamualaikum
kom apa? kombat
bat apa? batman
man apa? mentol
tol apa? tolak
lak apa? laksa
sa apa? sepak
pak apa? pakcik
ci apa? cicak
ca apa? cawan
wan apa?
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
ten apa? tembak
bak apa? bak duit!

Someone actually told me that there's another version to this song.. A more ganas version though... It goes like this...

(the starting is the same until...)
sa apa? satu
tu apa? tulang
lang apa? langkah
ka apa? kayu
yu apa? you bodoh!

Wanna read some more? Of course there's more!

Malam yang sepi pi pi
Pak Mat jual kopi pi pi
Kopi nya enak nak nak
Pak Mat jual anak nak nak
Anak nya hilang lang lang
Pak Mat jual gelang lang lang
Gelang nya patah tah tah
Pak Mat jual getah tah tah
Getah nya putus tus tus
(One version will stop here with "Pak Mat terus mampus pus pus!")
Pak Mat jual sugus gus gus
Sugus nya manis nis nis
Pak Mat kencing manis nis nis!

So which version is better? Is it better to let the poor old Pak Mat to mampus immediately after selling all the getah putus or let him suffer the long agony of being a diebetic? *lol*

Another song that I can recall contain some explicit lyrics. However, it is not actually a nursery rhyme though. It's a song I learnt during my time being a girl scout in school. The scouts are famous with its jamboree songs. Most of it are just some "happy" songs that do not actually make any sense. Here's one of it...

Atas rumput ada kaki
kaki cantik tak pernah lihat..
Kaki atas rumput
Rumput nya panjang hey!
Rumput nya panjang

Atas kaki ada lutut
lutut cantik tak pernah lihat...
Lutut atas kaki
Kaki atas rumput
Rumput nya panjang hey!
Rumput nya panjang

Atas lutut ada peha
peha cantik tak pernah lihat...
Peha atas lutut
Lutut atas kaki
Kaki atas rumput
Rumput nya panjang hey!
Rumput nya panjang

Atas peha ada uk uk
uk uk cantik tak pernah lihat...
Uk uk atas peha
Peha atas lutut
Lutut atas kaki
Kaki atas rumput
Rumput nya panjang hey!
Rumput nya panjang

And the song goes on, naming each and every body parts there is, naming the private parts as "uk uk". *lol*...

Oh such fun it was back then! Life was full of merry songs, making silly jokes out of every single things. How I wish I can relive the moment... Forget all the problems at work. Forget all the negative thoughts that have been polluting your mine for the past decade. And just sing and play...

...Sep sep sep
bom bom bom...



binx: help! I can't stop singing!