Mother dragged close her boy, A Da:
“If you don’t behave yourself, the water spirit will catch you and eat you!”
The child seemed to be hit by a magic spell and leaned on his mother right away.
——Monologue
The west ferry crossing sits by the hill; no one there but the waters flow.
From there to the White Horse Village, hey-yo hey-yo, thirteen miles to go.
From the west ferry crossing, southeast you go; in Yongjia you meet a village called Yantou.
On the riversides, the s grow. Quietly the waters flow. hey-yo hey-yo.
There goes a dragon boat. Black-faced and buck-toothed, as if from the world below.
Gnashing teeth and waving claws; It is the children it likes to swallow.
hey-yo hey-yo.
Make no sound. You make no sound.
Let it pass through. To the direction it is bound.
Speak little. Sir, speak little.
The Dragon King will dispatch his troop today.
One two three. No more delay!
At the west ferry crossing is a girl in white, through the waters the young lady hikes.
In the fresh water s, entangled she is. Hey-yo hey-yo.
The Dragon King will dispatch his troop today.
At the west ferry crossing, the dead flops, hazy in the waves.
Popping their heads; blinking their eyes. Hey-yo, hey-yo
The Dragon King will dispatch his troop today.
One two three. No more delay!
Blue is the lapels of your gown. In solitude my longing heart lay.
For you I stay. I repeat my prayers to this day.
Everyone. Beware on your way.
Blue is the lapels of your gown. In solitude my longing heart lay.
The west ferry crossing. Do not let young lads go. Do not let little girls approach.
You lot in the front, go faster and row! You lot at the back, catch up and row!
The Dragon King will dispatch his troop today. The Dragon King will dispatch his troop today.
For you I stay. I repeat my prayers to this day.
Toward the world below, the dungeon and inferno. Get on the dragon boat. The dragon boat.
The Dragon King will dispatch his troop today. The Dragon King will dispatch his troop today.
One two three, come! One two three, come! Eh-ce-yo. Row!
Blue is the lapels of your gown. In solitude my longing heart lay.
At the west ferry crossing. For naughty kids, the place will show them the way.
You lot in the front, go faster and row! You lot at the back, catch up and row!
The Dragon King will dispatch his troop today. The Dragon King will dispatch his troop today.
For you I stay. I repeat my prayers to this day.
Sons, listen better, to your mothers’ words. Look back as you play. Look back.
The Dragon King will dispatch his troop today. The Dragon King will dispatch his troop today.
One two three. Come. One two three. Come. Eh-ce-yo. Row!
I repeat my prayers to this day.
Look back as you play. Look back. Look back.
Eh-ce-yo. Row!
The west ferry crossing.
[00:02.340]Mother dragged close her boy, A Da:
[00:02.630]“If you don’t behave yourself, the water spirit will catch you and eat you!”
[00:02.820]The child seemed to be hit by a magic spell and leaned on his mother right away.
[00:03.030]——Monologue
[00:03.250]
[00:04.200]The west ferry crossing sits by the hill; no one there but the waters flow.
[00:20.850]From there to the White Horse Village, hey-yo hey-yo, thirteen miles to go.
[00:43.770]
[00:43.950]From the west ferry crossing, southeast you go; in Yongjia you meet a village called Yantou.
[00:56.250]On the riversides, the s grow. Quietly the waters flow. hey-yo hey-yo.
[01:05.260]
[01:07.680]There goes a dragon boat. Black-faced and buck-toothed, as if from the world below.
[01:18.170]Gnashing teeth and waving claws; It is the children it likes to swallow.
[01:24.480]hey-yo hey-yo.
[01:27.840]
[01:30.870]Make no sound. You make no sound.
[01:35.940]Let it pass through. To the direction it is bound.
[01:41.500]Speak little. Sir, speak little.
[01:46.870]The Dragon King will dispatch his troop today.
[01:52.140]One two three. No more delay!
[01:57.090]
[01:57.800]At the west ferry crossing is a girl in white, through the waters the young lady hikes.
[02:08.870]In the fresh water s, entangled she is. Hey-yo hey-yo.
[02:14.920]The Dragon King will dispatch his troop today.
[02:18.650]
[02:37.200]At the west ferry crossing, the dead flops, hazy in the waves.
[02:42.120]Popping their heads; blinking their eyes. Hey-yo, hey-yo
[02:48.790]The Dragon King will dispatch his troop today.
[02:52.900]One two three. No more delay!
[02:55.340]
[02:56.740]Blue is the lapels of your gown. In solitude my longing heart lay.
[03:05.410]For you I stay. I repeat my prayers to this day.
[03:14.920]Everyone. Beware on your way.
[03:16.890]
[03:17.210]Blue is the lapels of your gown. In solitude my longing heart lay.
[03:19.780]The west ferry crossing. Do not let young lads go. Do not let little girls approach.
[03:20.760]You lot in the front, go faster and row! You lot at the back, catch up and row!
[03:20.780]The Dragon King will dispatch his troop today. The Dragon King will dispatch his troop today.
[03:21.780]
[03:25.810]For you I stay. I repeat my prayers to this day.
[03:27.710]Toward the world below, the dungeon and inferno. Get on the dragon boat. The dragon boat.
[03:27.790]The Dragon King will dispatch his troop today. The Dragon King will dispatch his troop today.
[03:33.190]One two three, come! One two three, come! Eh-ce-yo. Row!
[03:33.500]
[03:34.620]Blue is the lapels of your gown. In solitude my longing heart lay.
[03:38.270]At the west ferry crossing. For naughty kids, the place will show them the way.
[03:38.370]You lot in the front, go faster and row! You lot at the back, catch up and row!
[03:38.470]The Dragon King will dispatch his troop today. The Dragon King will dispatch his troop today.
[03:44.330]
[03:44.830]For you I stay. I repeat my prayers to this day.
[03:48.610]Sons, listen better, to your mothers’ words. Look back as you play. Look back.
[03:48.710]The Dragon King will dispatch his troop today. The Dragon King will dispatch his troop today.
[03:48.810]One two three. Come. One two three. Come. Eh-ce-yo. Row!
[03:50.710]
[03:59.800]I repeat my prayers to this day.
[04:01.210]Look back as you play. Look back. Look back.
[04:08.630]Eh-ce-yo. Row!
[04:10.280]
[04:10.540]The west ferry crossing.