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【天黑黑】
亦即「天烏烏」，是⼀⾸久唱不衰的台灣北部⺠謠。它以輕鬆、活潑的⾳調，描述了阿公阿嬤為了煮⼀條鯽⿂，你說要咸，他說要淡，二人爭吵不休，結果打破了鍋子，誰也吃不成的⼀段⽣活趣事；這也表達了農⺠豐富的想像⼒及樂觀逗趣的個性。音樂情緒詼諧逗趣，聽後令人忍俊不禁，具有詼諧曲的情質。其實在台灣以「天黑黑，欲落雨」作為開頭句子的歌謠，真的很多而且分佈極廣，所以其原始發源地已無法稽考，故隨各地習俗的相異而衍生出來的念謠內容也不盡相同，但從現傳素材考證，應是⼀種極為普遍的順⼝溜童謠，加上眾多演唱者及媒體的傳播，「天黑黑」已成為⼤家⼼⽬中的極富台灣⾊彩的⺠謠了。
【思想起】
發源⾃台灣恆春地區的⺠謠，這是⾃兩廣、福建渡海東來的先⺠，從⻄部平原、台北盆地，逐步開拓到蘭陽盆地及恆春地區；這批輾轉到達恆春地區的拓荒者，在南台灣蠻荒開天闢地，辛苦而單調的工作、離鄉背井的寂寞難耐，每當勾起無限的鄉愁，「思想起」的旋律也就隨興的唱出來。歌曲本身僅具基本骨架即興性，歌者開頭唱「思啊~思想起~」起韻後，進入七字仔歌詞，曲中多用「伊嘟」、「唉喲餵」等感嘆詞，甚富地方特色。曲調亦隨演唱者的喜好及詮釋來自由發揮，因而賦予歌曲多采多姿的變化。曲中旋律優美，親切質樸，這也是「思想起」受人喜愛之處。
【⻄北雨直直落】
在台灣，這裡所謂「⻄北雨」是指夏天午後雷陣雨。這種驟雨，為時不⻑，通常只維持四五⼗分鐘左右，來時猶如猛獸之獷暴，兇猛異常。這首有趣的童謠共敘述了兩個故事，⼀則是描寫在⼤雨中鯽仔⿂的迎親隊伍，浩浩蕩蕩的往女家前進，隊伍中的媒人婆、提燈者、打鼓的鮐魚、扛轎的挑夫，這些由魚類昆蟲裝扮的人物，讓我們的想像都飛舞起來；第二則是講下著雨時，正趕路歸家的白鷺鷥摔倒在路旁， 匆忙中又迷了路，找不到家，看著天色漸黑，只好期望好⼼的⼟地公公⼤發慈悲，幫牠⼀把吧。
【高山青】
「高山青、澗水藍，阿里山的姑娘美如水，阿里山的少年壯如⼭」⼀闕歌詞，風靡多少個年頭，原來是台灣電影插曲，藍星詩人鄧禹平作詞，香港導演張徹(1923-2002)作曲，亦是張唯⼀創作的曲⼦；「⾼⼭青」家傳⼾曉傳唱不輟， 1952 年黃友棣曾改編為小提琴變奏曲，後再編為混聲四部合唱，曾改歌名為＜阿里山之歌＞。此曲受歡迎程度很⾼，雖然不是真正的⺠謠，但總被誤以為是原住⺠的傳統⺠歌。由於「⾼⼭青」已是唯⼀以原住⺠曲調描述⼭地風情、⼈物的名歌，⼜使⽤鈴⿎及⼩⿎等樂器，因此在當時的國語流⾏歌曲中獨樹⼀格。 「⾼⼭青」最早由青⼭演唱，風靡⼀時，由於歌詞內容盛讚原住⺠，因此也被其他原住⺠歌⼿如施孝榮等重新翻唱過。
【桃花過渡】
（⾞⿎調）源⾃歌仔戲⾞⿎調，充滿愉悅逗趣的⼀⾸⺠謠，內容描寫桃花姐渡河時碰上老不修的船夫，兩人唱歌互褒，約定若桃花姐嬴了便可免費渡河，若船夫嬴便得娶桃花姐為妻；聰明的桃花姐選了以月份作開頭，並由船夫先唱，大家都知道月份有十二個月，那自然誰先唱先輸，笨船夫偷雞不著蝕把米，最後落得要免費送桃花姐渡河。曲中充滿著幽默和詼諧的感覺，如果再配上舞蹈表演，那更能表現出歡樂逗笑的氣氛。

【Darkened Sky】
a light, tuneful and most popular folksong among all from the northern part of Taiwan, telling a story of an old couple set in an amusing argue on how to cook a crucian carp. The lyric varies when the song travels from places where the original lyric remains humorous enough to create a joyous mood.
【In thoughts of….】
a sad piece of song sung by the pioneers, who felt home sick after a hard day’s work from the field. Said to be derived from ancient tunes and sung by these pioneers from Fujien and Kwangdung to Taiwan. The introduction is improvisatory in nature & starts with words like, in thoughts of .. in memory of…, then leads into a phrase of 7 words with ornaments of exclamation
syllables like ‘e-do’, ‘i-yo-wei’ etc. The melody usually remains plain and simple in comparison.
【Carp’s Wedding in the Downpour】
in Taiwan, this so-called is named after some heavy showers of thunder-rainstorm which comes around mid-days in summer. This kind of showers usually stays only for 45 minutes but comes like
hammering the soil. It tells two fairy tales: a troupe of crucian carp was marching in rainy waters as the wedding of a pair of carp is going on, characters like the match-maker, the lamp man, the drummers etc. are all in action. The second fairy tale described a poor little egret lost its way home during the rainfall and when the moon is rising, it hopelessly begs for a helping hand to bring it home.
【Highland Green】
originally a title song to the film which was composed by the Hong Kong film director Zhāng chè, who also shot his film with the same title in Taiwan during the 40’s & 50’s of the 20th century. The description of the aborigines within the lyrics and its folksong-like melody brought its popularity even now it is generally misunderstood that it is truly mountain folklore.
【Peach blossom takes the Ferry】
another funny tune from some folk stage work sung by a pair of male & female singers, and the tune can be sung separately from the play, telling a lady named ‘peach blossom’ comes to a ferry point to take the boat across the river. She compromised with the boatman if he won in singing her the song, he can take her as his wife but if she won, he has to sent her free of charge. Finally of course, the lady’s wish is fulfilled.

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