Sorry traditional Chinese: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-D9mlAnCQ3E

Another in Simplified Hanzi: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KU6Xk9GFz6M

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two_Tigers_(nursery_rhyme)

https://www.mamalisa.com/?t=es&p=3592

In the Dynasty song, the kids pronounce sui as swee, not as sway!

Sorry about the youtubes for those of you in China without a VPN!

This song in French and English I learnt almost 70 years ago.  At school we sang it in the round, in choir.  Either in French or English.  Then about 25 years ago when I came across the Chinese version, I laughed of course, because the Chinese I knew all claimed it as a genuine Chinese song from many years ago.

Then lo and behold, whilst studying Chinese History online via Duke University, I cam across the Dynasty son - a means of remembering the order of the Chinese dynasties

The English Version

Frère Jacques

Frère Jacques

Dormez-vous?

Dormez-vous?

Sonnez les matines

Sonnez les matines

Ding, ding, dong

Ding, ding, dong

Frère Jacques

Frère Jacques

Dormez-vous?

Dormez-vous?

Sonnez les matines

Sonnez les matines

Ding, ding, dong

Ding, ding, dong

Ding, ding, dong

Ding, ding, dong

The Chinese Dynasty Song

Shang, Zhou, Qin, Han

Shang, Zhou, Qin, Han

Sui, Tang, Song

Sui, Tang, Song



Yuan, Ming, Qing, Republic

Yuan, Ming, Qing, Republic



Mao Ze Dong

Mao Ze Dong.

Lyrics in Chinese characters

两只老虎，

两只老虎，

跑得快，

跑得快，

一只没有眼睛， (or: 一只没有耳朵)

一只没有尾巴，

真奇怪，奇怪。

Liǎng zhī lǎohǔ,

Liǎng zhī lǎohǔ,

Pǎo de kuài,

Pǎo de kuài,

Yī zhǐ méiyǒu yǎnjīng, (or: Yī zhī méiyǒu ěrduo)

Yī zhī méiyǒu wěibā,

Zhēn qí guài,

Zhēn qí guài.

English translation

Two little tigers,

Two little tigers,

Run fast,

Run fast,

One has no ears,

One has no tail,

Very strange,

Very strange.