2009年12月30日

Sing a Song of Sixpence

在瓊誼懷孕的時候,我買了這張 BBC 的英文兒歌(Nursery Rhymes and Songs):



Sing a Song of Sixpence

那時候是覺得,這些東西如果要在台灣買,不但價錢貴上許多,也不知道如何挑選。現在人既然在英國,隨手就可以找到這麼多英文的兒童教材,包括童書、有聲書和童謠 CD,如果不買一些,實在太可惜了:所以在某次出門逛街的時候,在 Princes Street 上的 WHS 買了這張 CD。當時書架上其實還有不少英文童謠 CD,之所以買 Sing a Song of Sixpence,是因為這是 BBC 出的,想來品質應該會比較好,另外曲目中有些童謠有些以前有看到,內容比較接近傳統的英文童謠;其他廠牌的童謠 CD,歌曲似乎是另外撰寫的。

碇恩出生了以後,也有放過幾次給他聽。不過那時候他還太小,每天只知道喝奶跟睡覺,中間清醒玩耍的時間不多。喝奶的時候,也不能放給他聽,因為他會不專心喝(還有一陣子厭奶,更不能吵他)。

最近想起來要放這張 CD,是上次去 office 辦的 Santa's Groto。聖誕老公公帶著現場的小朋友唱了兩次 Jingle Bells 和其他的聖誕歌曲。回家吃晚飯的時候,突然發現他會發出 Ba Ba 的音,跟著哼 Jingel Bells,我們才發現他其實會跟著哼歌!所以現在讓他在客廳地上邊爬邊玩的時候,都會放這張 CD,看看他會不會跟著學會哼兒歌!

很多童謠其實小時候有聽過唱過,不過都是配上中文歌詞的版本,所以這些英文兒歌對我們兩個來說都不熟悉。英文歌詞光聽有些就聽不懂,更不用說跟著唱了。後來試著上 Youtube 找童謠的影片,發現有些有配上歌詞,但是也不是每一首都有,如果要每一首都找,其實也蠻累的。

今天在網路上搜尋童謠歌詞的時候,發現有這個童謠網站:

Bussongs.com

不但有英文歌詞,還有童謠的歷史來源介紹,更有連結到 Youtube 的影片!實在非常方便!

所以就把 BBC Sing a Song of Sixpence 裡面所有的童謠列出,配上在 Bussongs.com 的連結,這樣以後自己也方便找歌詞和影片:

Track 1

1. Sing a Song of Sixpence

2. Girls and Boys Come out to Play

3. London Bridge is Falling Down

Track 2

4. Oh Where Has My Little Dog Gone

5. Jack and Jill

6. Mary Mary Quite Contrary

Track 3

7. Hey Diddle Diddle the Cat and the Fiddle

8. I Saw Three Ships

9. Pease Porridge Hot

10. Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush

Track 4

11. Tom He Was A Piper's Son

12. Little Boy Blue, Come Blow Your Horn

Track 5

13. Wee Willie Winkie

14. One, Two, Buck My Shoes

15. Humpty Dumpty

Track 6

16. Bye Baby Bunting

17. Hot Cross Buns

18. The North Wind Doth Blow

Track 7

19. Itsy Bitsy Spider

20. See, Saw, Marjorie Daw

21. The Grand Old Duke of York

22. Little Tommy Tucker

Tracker 8

23. Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star

Track 9

24. Pop Goes the Weasel

25. Rock-a-Bye Baby on the Tree Top

26. Oranges and Lemons

Track 10

27. I Had A Little Nut Tree

28. Pussy Cat Pussy Cat

29. The Farmer in The Dell

30. Jack Sprat

Track 11

31. Three Blind Mice

32. Cock A Doodle Doo

33. Baa Baa Black Sheep

Track 12

34. Ladybird Ladybird

35. Simple Simon

36. Ride A Cock Horse

Track 13

37. Dance to Your Daddy

38. I Love Little Pussy

39. Pat-a-cake Pat-a-cake Baker's Man

Track 14

40. Little Jack Horner

41. Who Killed Cock Robin?

Track 15

42. This Little Pig

43. Tom Tom the Piper's Son

44. Lavender's Blue Dilly Dilly

45. Hickory Dickory Dock

Track 16

46. Polly Put the Kettle on

47. Little Bo Peep

Track 17

48. There Was A Frog

49. There Was A Crooked Man

50. Rub-a-Dub-Dub

Track 18

51. Curly Locks

52. Doctor Foster

53. Three Little Kittens

54. London's Burning

Track 19

55. Goodey Goosey Gander

56. Goergie Porgie

57. Ding-Dong Bell

Track 20

58. The Cuckoo Is A Witty Bird

59. Ring-a-Ring o'Roses

60. Muffin Man


附註:Bussongs.com 上有些歌曲名稱和歌詞和 BBC 有所不同。London's Burnging 在 Bussongs.com 上面找不到,以後有空的時候,再上別的童謠網站找找看。
31/12 Edit: 修正 Humpty Dumty 的錯誤連結
2/1 Edit: 今天發現整張 CD 有 60 首歌,CD 背面只有 28 首;只好一首一首聽聽看是什麼歌;今天聽到 Tracker 7
3/1 Edit 今天全部聽完了;也些在 Bussongs 裏找不到

2009年12月29日

Dean says "Bye-bye"!!

DSC_0169

Dean, who is now only 9 months old, has learnt to say "Bye-bye"!!

Chiung-Yi bought this ball from Car Boot Sale when he was very young and not able to crawl very well. Actually we don't remember how old he was then. However, when Chiung-Yi brought the ball home on that Sunday morning and showed him on the carpet of sitting room, he feared the ball which was rolling around on the ground so much that he crawled backwards to get away from it as much as he can and, of course, cried out loud.

After that, Chiung-Yi put the ball into a storage box and we plan to take it out someday, maybe one day he will enjoy playing the ball. But we don't know when he will be at that time.

We recently took the ball out and find that now he is not afraid of the ball anymore. Sometimes I find him pushing the ball and pushing the bottons and he seems to enjoy it. One day last week, which day I don't remember, when I was in the sitting room with him crawling on the ground as part of our daily routine after dinner, he suddenly said something sounds like "Bye-bye" in a small voice. I wasn't so sure but after a few days, he said that again.

I was happy but I didn't realise how important it is thus I didn't tell Chiung-Yi at the very moment. Last Saturday when we are both in the sitting room, he says "Bye-bye" again. Chiung-Yi was on top of the world because she soon realise that this is his first word!

We decided to play the BBC nursery rhymes CD everyday and see if he can sing one song or two someday. And now he seems to be able to hum a few notes!!

The ball from which he learns to say "Bye-bye": VTech Crawl and Learn Bright Lights Ball