1. Kagome Kagome
This is probably the most famous Japanese children’s rhyme, associated with a folk game.
There are many versions of this rhyme, but the most popular is the one below:
Kagome, kagome
Kago no naka no tori wa (O bird in a cage)
Itsu, itsu deyaru (When, when will you fly out?)
Yoake no ban ni (At dusk and at night)
Tsuru to kame ga subetta (Both the crane and the turtle tumbled down)
Ushiro no shoumen dare?
There are many ways to understand this rhyme.
Whatever it is, the song Kagome Kagome is always associated with some scary meaning or story.
2. The little girl carries the doll
This horror rhyme always ranks in the top of Chinese horror songs.
The girl carries the doll
Go to the flower garden to see cherry blossoms
The doll burst into tears calling for her mother
The bird on the tree is laughing ha ha…
The story behind the rhyme is about a little girl, the daughter of an ancient Chinese general.
At the age of 15, she hanged herself in her room.
Then, the war broke out, and the doll passed from person to person.
3. Bac Kim Thang
Bac kim thang, ca lang pumpkin
A column over rafter is a rafter over a column
The oil selling man falls when walking through the bridge
Note sold stay as detailed frog
The teal plays the drum and blows the trumpet
The bumblebee blows toss, toss, to te
A familiar nursery rhyme of Vietnamese children, Bac Kim Thang also has a haunting story behind it.
In the song, the oil seller and the frog seller are as close as brothers.
The frog seller told his friend, but he didn’t believe it.
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