Two Tigers (nursery rhyme)

Two Tigers is a popular Mandarin nursery rhyme called "Liang Zhi Lao Hu" in Mandarin. It originated from Taiwan. Variations adopt the tune of the French melody Frère Jacques.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

Lyrics

Lyrics in Chinese characters

两只老虎，

两只老虎，

跑得快，

跑得快，

一只没有眼睛，

一只没有尾巴，

真奇怪，

真奇怪。

Lyrics in pinyin

Liǎng zhī lǎo hǔ,

Liǎng zhī lǎo hǔ,

Pǎo de kuài,

Pǎo de kuài,

Yī zhī méiyǒu yan jing

Yī zhī méiyǒu wěi bā,

Zhēn qí guài,

Zhēn qí guài.

English translation

Two tigers

Two tigers

(They) run very fast

(They) run very fast

One has no eyes

(The other) one has no tail

How strange

How strange

References

1. Ya-feng Wu and Hsing-ying Li, Gothic Crossings: Medieval to Postmodern, National Taiwan University Press, 2011, p 338
2. Two Tigers - Taiwanese Children's Songs - Taiwan - Mama Lisa's World: Children's Songs and Rhymes from Around the World
3. "Two Tigers", Good Kids
4. "Chinese Children's Songs", Chinese For Kids
5. "Il Divo singing Chinese nursery rhyme "Two Tigers"(两只老虎) on "Life of Music" with Sun Xiaomei", First Post
6. Fei-Lin Hsiao, Perception of Familiar Melodies and Tonal Speech by Taiwanese Pediatric Cochlear Implant Recipients, ProQuest, 2006