gourd nursery rhyme

The reader reads this nursery rhyme very well and you can hear the tones and sounds of the characters very clearly. We call nursery rhyme go1 iao5 歌謠｜歌谣 

We do not often get recordings of people speaking well for learners to hear how words are said properly.  You can hear the tones of guê1 guê2 properly. This is an opportunity not to be missed and please listen to this video. 

zêg8 gai5 hou5lou5 guê1 一個葫蘆瓜

zêg8 gai5 hou5lou5 guê1 一個葫蘆瓜

sing5 zao6 guê1 guê2 oi6 kui1 huê1 神造瓜果會開花

hou5lou5 siu1 iao1 huang1tang5 uê7 葫蘆收妖荒唐話

hou5lou5 nguang5 si6 zêg8 piao1guê1 葫蘆原是一瓢瓜

zêg8 piang3 hou5lou5 hioh8 一片葫蘆葉

sing5 zao6 guê1 guê2 êng7dig8dioh4 神造瓜果用得著

hou5lou5 pua3kui1 zui2 lai5 io2 葫蘆破開水來舀

hou5lou5 dou2lai6 ho2 cang5 ioh8 葫蘆肚內好藏藥

 

dion6 zab8cig4 siu2 第十七首	The 17th nursery rhyme siu2 is the measure word for poems, nursery rhymes, songs etc.
hou5lou5 葫蘆｜葫芦	bottle gourd MW: gai5 個	hu2lu5 葫蘆｜葫芦
ou7bu5 芋瓠	bottle gourd	hu4gua1 瓠瓜
bu5 瓠	bottle gourd	hu4gua1 瓠瓜
piao1guê1 瓢瓜	bottle gourd	hu4gua1 瓠瓜
siu1 iao1 收妖	to collect goblins
huang1tang5 荒唐	is absurd	荒唐
One must have watched Chinese historical dramas where people use gourds to collect and store goblins and this line says it is absurd to say gourds can be used to collect goblins. In the subtitles it writes si6 sing5uê7 是神話 which means is a myth.
nguang5 si6 原是	originally is	本來是
hioh8 葉｜叶	leaf MW: piang3 片	ye4zi5 葉子｜叶子
êng7dig8dioh4 用得著｜用得着	able to be used, useable, to have a use for something	yong4de5zhao2 用得著｜用得着
pua3kui1 破開｜破开	to be split opened	po4kai1 破開｜破开
io2 舀	to ladle out, to scoop up	yao3 舀
bu5hia1 匏桸 A  瓢桸	water ladle	葫蘆瓢
zui2 lai5 io2 水來舀	to ladle out water
hou5lou5 dou2lai6 葫蘆肚內	inside the gourd	瓠瓜裡面
cang5 藏	store away, conceal, hide away	cang2 藏
keng3 囥	store away, conceal, hide away	cang2 藏
ioh8 藥｜药	medicine	yao4 藥｜药