Paying New Year's Call

女:正月里来是新年儿啊，

男:初一头一天啊。

女:家家团圆会呀，

男:少给老拜年啊。

合:也不论那男和女呀， 诶呦呦呦呦呦诶呦呦。

女:都把新衣服穿啊，

合:诶呦呦呦呦，都把新衣服穿呐诶呀。

女:打春到初八呀，

男:新媳妇住妈家呀。

女:带领着我的小女婿呀，

男:果子拿两匣呀。

合:丈母娘啊一见面啊，诶呦呦呦呦呦诶呦呦。

女:拍手儿笑哈哈呀，

合:诶呦呦呦呦，拍着手儿笑哈哈呀诶呀。

女:姑爷到咱家呀，

男:咱俩给做点啥呀。

女:粉条炖猪肉啊，

男:再把那小鸡儿杀啊。

合:小鸡啊炖蘑菇啊，诶呦呦呦呦呦诶呦呦。

女:姑爷爱吃它呀，

合:诶呦呦呦呦，我的姑爷爱吃它呀诶呀。

女:我的姑爷长得俊啊，

男:我的女儿赛天仙啊。

女:小两口多么般配呀，

男:恩爱到百年呐。

合:等到正月二十五啊，诶呦呦呦呦呦诶呦呦，

一起送回还。

合:诶呦呦呦呦，一起送回还呐诶呀。

The main idea of the lyrics:

Woman: In the first month comes the New Year,

Man: It’s the first day of the first month of the lunar year.

Woman: It’s the family reunion,

Man: The young give new year’s greetings to the elderly.

Both: No matter you are a man or a woman, oh oh oh oh oh oh oh.

Woman: Put on your new clothes,

Both: Hey yo yo yo yo, everyone’s wearing new clothes, hey yo.

Female: From the beginning of spring to the eighth day of the first lunar month,

Man: The new daughter-in-law is staying at her mother’s home.

Female: Leading my little son-in-law,

Man: Take two boxes of fruit.

Both: When the mother-in-law meets him, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.

Female: She claps hands and laughs heartily,

Both: Hey yo yo yo yo, clapping hands and laughing happily, hey yo.

Woman: My son-in-law has arrived at our home,

Man: What should we do.

Woman: Stewed pork with vermicelli,

Man: Kill that chicken.

Both: Chicken stewed with mushrooms, oh oh oh oh oh oh oh.

Woman: My son-in-law loves to eat it,

Hey yo yo yo yo, my son-in-law loves to eat it, hey yo.

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