Let’s sing “London Bridge” together in Mandarin Chinese!  I created the movements for this song for my daughter when she was only a few months old. The first time we did this she was only a tiny bug and I was holding her on my knees.  She was giggling and giggling and we really had fun.  Now she is much taller and bigger and it is impossible to hold her facing me on my knees but she still asks me to sing this song with her sitting on my knees.  Every time is a precious moment no matter how big she is!

This is one of my favorite play time songs as I perform it with one of my parent-child classes.  Can you hear the children giggling? I believe you and your little one will enjoy it, too.  You can replace “bao bei” (precious one) with your child’s name to personalize the song.  Have a lot of fun!

Pinyin…………………………………English translation

Lún dūn tiě qiáo dǎo xià lái          London Bridge is falling down,
Dǎo xià lái                                    falling down,
Dǎo xià lái                                    falling down.
Lún dūn tiě qiáo dǎo xià lái         London Bridge is falling down,
Qīn ài de *bǎo bèi*                      Dear precious one.
Sāo yǎng, sāo yǎng, sāo yǎng    Tickle, tickle, tickle!

 

Chinese  (in traditional Chinese characters)

倫敦鐵橋 倒下來, 倒下來, 倒下來

倫敦鐵橋 倒下來, 親愛的寶貝,

搔癢, 搔癢, 搔癢

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