Five Tongchuan Folk Songs

lt; smallgt; Introduction: Wu Zhongyu, a native of Wujiawo, Huangbao Heichi Plateau, was born on the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month in 1914 and died on March 16, 1996. When he was young, he worked as a porter driving mules and horses. He wrote and sang folk songs to carry charcoal in exchange for salt and food on the Shaanxi-Gansu Road. He was captured by the Kuomintang and narrowly escaped death. After liberation, I fed livestock in the breeding room of the production team and visited the orchard. He was diligent and optimistic throughout his life, upright and kind-hearted. He especially loved singing. He was a famous Yangko umbrella leader and folk song king in Fangyuan. He has eight children, and Hegu (Duman) is the eldest son of his eldest daughter Shuiye.

This article is based on the lyrics and music score of the wax plate engraved version of "Tongchuan Folk Music Collection", sung by Wu Zhongyu, recorded and compiled by Li Haoyu in 1981, and transcribed and revised by Wu Zhongyu's grandson and the famous writer He Gu from Tongchuan in 2013. lt;/smallgt;

The slave sent Brother Gan at the door, and Brother Gan listened patiently to his heart.

In the year of the 24th and 5th Five-Year Plans, people are always hammering us down.

Killing a man to death with one punch would not trade his life for implication.

If you catch a good person, you will be released; if you catch a blind person, you will be sent to the official.

If you touch an honest official, you will be released; if you touch a corrupt official, you will be detained.

Relatives and friends don’t meet, and Hat Jiaozi looks like a prisoner.

Use a wooden comb to comb and scrape, and scrape off the white hair.