(Hebei folk songs)

Chinese cabbage is yellow in the field.

Three or two years old, without a mother

Have a good life with dad

I'm afraid dad will marry his stepmother

Married for three and a half years.

Having a younger brother is better than me.

Brother eats noodles and I drink soup.

Pick up the bowl and cry.

Mother, mother, mother

Mother misses me. Who knows?

I miss my mother in a dream.

Peach blossoms bloom and apricot blossoms fall

Think of your mother, a gust of wind

Mother, mother, mother

"Chinese Cabbage" is a ballad, which belongs to the minor genre of Hebei folk songs.

The first section of the song is the embryo of the whole song, which is composed of continuous descending tones, and the rhythm is short first and then long, which is closer to the crying tone. The second section has developed from the previous one-word tone to one-word tone, highlighting the euphemistic and sad tone. The second bar is based on the free mode of the first bar. The third and fourth sections are also developed from the continuous downward free module of the first section. The melody gradually descends, one sentence is deeper than the other, and one sentence is darker than the other. The sad feelings gradually deepened, and the tragic atmosphere became stronger and stronger, especially the last two sentences, which played an expanding role in music, like the child's eager but hopeless call to his mother. Originally, the first call was already very low, and the melody was repeated in the latter section, and the upper fourth tone 2(re) was added after the 6(la) of the first beat, which made the call more miserable and desolate. At the same time, the feelings of yearning and loneliness have been further rendered. It strengthens the sad and bitter feelings of the song and has a strong artistic appeal.

This song is a segmented song with six lyrics. The musical structure is a one-segment body, with China's pentatonic mode. There are only twelve bars in the whole song. Through the simple and vivid lyrics, the tone of crying in ascending and descending stages, and the melody development technique of downward rotation layer by layer, the sad and painful mood of a girl who lost her mother and was abused and lonely was deeply expressed.