Down by the bay where the watermelons grow, 沿著海灣溜達，一路種滿西瓜
back to my home I dare not go. 我還不敢回家，實因怕我老媽；
For if I do, my mother will say: 如果這就回家，老媽問題難答——
"Have you ever seen?a snake baking a cake “你看到過一條蛇做蛋糕嗎？”
down by the bay?"
Down by the bay where the watermelons grow,
back to my home I dare not go.
For if I do, my mother will say:
"Have you ever seen?a frog walking his dog 遛狗的青蛙
down by the bay?"
Down by the bay where the watermelons grow,
back to my home I dare not go.
For if I do, my mother will say:
"Have you ever seen a mouse painting his house 粉刷房子的老鼠
down by the bay?"
Down by the bay where the watermelons grow,
back to my home I dare not go.
For if I do, my mother will say:
"Have you ever seen a cat wearing a hat 戴帽子的貓
down by the bay?"
Down by the bay where the watermelons grow,
back to my home I dare not go.
For if I do, my mother will say:
"Have you ever seen a pig doing a jig 跳快步舞曲的豬
down by the bay?"
Down by the bay where the watermelons grow,
back to my home I dare not go.
For if I do, my mother will say:
"Have you ever seen?a cow going bow-wow 學狗叫的牛
down by the bay?"
Down by the bay where the watermelons grow,
back to my home I dare not go.
For if I do, my mother will say:
"Have you ever seen a fish eating from a dish 用盤子吃飯的魚
down by the bay?"
翻譯：
沿著海灣溜達，一路種滿西瓜；
我還不敢回家，實因怕我老媽；
如果這就回家，老媽問題難答——
可否見到精蛇，它在烘焙蛋撻？
沿著海灣溜達，一路種滿西瓜；
我還不敢回家，實因怕我老媽；
如果這就回家，老媽問題難答——
可否見到青蛙，它在把狗溜達？
沿著海灣溜達，一路種滿西瓜；
我還不敢回家，實因怕我老媽；
如果這就回家，老媽問題難答——
可否見到老鼠，它在把家粉刷？
沿著海灣溜達，一路種滿西瓜；
我還不敢回家，實因怕我老媽；
如果這就回家，老媽問題難答——
可否見到酷貓，一頂高帽風華？
沿著海灣溜達，一路種滿西瓜；
我還不敢回家，實因怕我老媽；
如果這就回家，老媽問題難答——
可否見到舞豬，它在跳著踢踏？
沿著海灣溜達，一路種滿西瓜；
我還不敢回家，實因怕我老媽；
如果這就回家，老媽問題難答——
可否見到奶牛，它在學狗叫哇？
沿著海灣溜達，一路種滿西瓜；
我還不敢回家，實因怕我老媽；
如果這就回家，老媽問題難答——
可否見到怪魚，盤中取食真假？
——By Rico爸爸
【Notes】
兒歌介紹
「Down by the Bay」是一首傳統(tǒng)兒歌，最著名的版本是由歌手Raffi演唱，并收錄與1976年發(fā)行的「Singable Songs for the Very Young」這張專輯里。這首歌有可能起源于希臘，因為希臘的一首名叫Yialo Yialo的傳統(tǒng)歌謠有著同樣的旋律。
Down by the Bay這首兒歌的歌詞通常是這樣開始的：
"Down by the bay,
Where the watermelons grow,
Back to my home,
I dare not go,
For if I do,
My mother will say:"
之后會有"Did you ever see a _____, _____ing a _____"這樣的句式，空格處通常會使用押韻的詞，如：
"Did you ever see asnake,baking acake?"
"Did you ever see acat, wearing ahat?"
"Did you ever see awhale, with a polka-dot tail?"
這首兒歌，也稱為Silly Song，里面很多內(nèi)容是搞笑無厘頭的。正是通過這種好玩的方式，讓小朋友感受英語中押韻詞的魅力。
