CUCCS0022 Mr Fox, What Time Is It Now? 狐狸先生幾點鐘？ (SATB)

狐狸先生幾點鐘？ Mr Fox, What Time Is It Now? 韋然 曲、詞

Music and Words by Wai Yin

Frankie Ho 編 Arranged by Frankie Ho

CU Chorus Choral Series

CUCCS0022

樂曲介紹 韋然素有「香港兒歌之父」美譽，這源於他在1970年代末開始以當時流傳下來僅能唸誦的童謠歌詞為基礎，重 新創作成大量可供唱詠的兒歌。這些兒歌自發表後大受歡迎，甚至流傳至廣州，多年來在一代又一代的兒童間傳 唱，歷久不衰，已成現代 語文化的瑰寶。我與韋然結緣於2014年的音樂劇製作《飛行棋》，當中引用了多首 韋然的兒歌作品。因此，當中大合唱團指揮朱振威邀請我從韋然的兒歌作品挑選改編成混聲合唱，我很自然地選 擇了三首當年曾採用的歌曲，因為這些都是韋然作品中知名度最高，最廣為人知也最廣受傳唱，這會讓事情更好 玩！從一首兒歌變成一首男女四部合唱曲，好玩的地方在於如何令音樂由成年人唱出而不覺簡單幼稚。我在編曲 時刻意利用古典合唱中四部皆可以當主角的手法，避免令作品因近似流行曲或民謠「旋律與伴奏」編排而令人覺 得「小兒科」，《狐狸先生幾點鐘？》（1976/2021）裡面，當女低音演唱旋律時，其他聲部演唱的素材都是 結構上十分重要的複調旋律，正是一例。 《狐狸先生幾點鐘？》、《何家小雞何家猜》（CUCCS0011）、《木頭公仔唔准笑》（CUCCS0023）三首 可順序組合為《 語童謠三首》無間斷接續演唱，而各首也可獨立演唱，全部由中大合唱協會出版。 韋然（作曲、作詞） 香港知名民間音樂工作者、有「香港兒歌之父」之雅號，作品多達二千五百多首，知名作品有 語兒歌《 轉》、《何家小雞何家猜》、《小明上廣州》、《十二隻恐龍去野餐》; 另類歌謠《我向你求婚》、《搖搖擺 擺》、《廟街》; 城市民歌《足印》、《南丫島的故事》、《淺水灣的早晨》; 英語童謠《Apple Round, Apple Red》、《Boy & girl》、《Donkey Donkey》; 語古詩詞歌曲《床前明月光》、《江雪》等等。 著有澳門 小城故事系列繪本小說《戀愛巷》、《小孩與狗》; 校本音樂教材《廣東歌謠選》、《快樂歌謠齊齊唱》; 飲食書 《黃花紅酒醉龍華》、《泰昌蛋撻》; 漫畫集《小明探阿爺》等等。 Frankie Ho（編曲） 香港演藝學院音樂學院及戲劇學院畢業生，師隨羅永暉（作曲）及陳敢權（導演）。現為香港作曲家及作詞家協 會會員。 Frankie 曾為多齣音樂劇擔任作曲、編曲及音樂總監，包括香港演藝學院的《少女夢》；香港話劇團 的《香港一定得》、《時間列車 00：00》、《奇幻聖誕夜》及《嗚啦啦啦啦你的歌》；城市大學的《城市傳 奇》；劇場空間的《戀上你的歌》；TNT Production 的《但願人長久》；劇場工作室的《流浪在彩色街頭》； 異人實現劇場的《異型金剛》；中英劇團的《搶奪芳心喜自由》及《戇大人》；劇場工作室及異人實現劇場聯合 製作的《四千金》；Theatre Noir 的《動物農莊》；團劇團的《秋城故事》、《Cabaret 2011》及《港式愛 擁》；林澤群實現劇場的《DIVA 先生的華麗戲劇教室》及《One Night in Falsettoland in Concert》；香港 兒童音樂劇團的《飛行棋》；7A班戲劇組的《老娘企硬》；糊塗戲班的《螢火蟲》；Cabarets - 《Listen》、 《W.A.R.》、《R.A.W.》及《Women, Love, and Life》。 *樂曲介紹可在音樂會簡介及場刊上自由轉載。 *此曲需以 語演唱。本樂譜之 語注音採用香港語言學會 https://www.lshk.org/jyutping

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Programme Note Wai Yin is famed as the Father of Nursery Rhymes in Hong Kong. This originates from his large number of recomposed nursery rhymes from the late 1970s, based on the lyrics circulated in oral tradition. These new rhymes soon became popular in Hong Kong and even in Guangzhou for many generations till today, forming an important treasure of Cantonese culture. My first collaboration with Wai Yin was Wong Sze Ma's My Boy the Musical, in which many Wai Yin's nursery rhymes are quoted. When Leon Chu, the Music Director of CU Chorus, invited me to arrange Wai Yin's rhymes for mixed choir, I picked the three most famous tunes which are used in my musical. The whole process of arrangement gave me a lot of fun! It is often tricky to arrange nursery rhymes which should not sound too childish for mature choirs to sing. I here utilize all four parts in the choir so they each have dominating moments, as in classical choral writing, unlike the simple 'melody-andchord' arrangements in pop or folk music. For instance in Mr Fox, What Time Is It Now? (1976/2021), while alto is singing the melody, other parts are singing in polyphony which carry some structural significance to the piece.

The three arrangements Mr Fox, What Time Is It Now?, Whose Little Rooster? Whose? Guess! (CUCCS0011) and Don’t Laugh! Wooden Doll! (CUCCS0023) form a choral sequence as Three Cantonese Nursery Rhymes, which should be performed without any pause between the pieces. They can be performed individually or as a cycle. All published by CU Chorus Association.

Wai Yin (composer, lyricist) Wai Yin is a well known local folk music worker in Hong Kong. He is also known as the father of Hong Kong children's songs for his contribution in the children’s music field . Until now, he has written more than 2,500 musical works, well-known pieces include Cantonese children's songs Ring-around the daisy garden, Whose little rooster? Whose? Guess!, Siu Ming visits Canton, Twelve dinosaurs go for a picnic; alternative songs Won’t you marry me ?, Temple Street; urban folk songs Footprint, The Story of Lamma Island, Good morning, Repulse Bay!; English nursery rhymes Apple Round, Apple Red, Boy & girl, Donkey Donkey; Cantonese poetry songs The moon shines on the bedside, Snow falling on the river etc., Wai Yin has also written several story books, such as Love Lane, Me and my Puppy; school-based music textbook A collection of Cantonese Folks, Happy Junior Songs; Beverage book The daisy, the red wine and Lung Wah Hotel, Taichang Egg Tart; The comic book Siu Ming Visits Canton and many more.

Frankie Ho (arranger) Frankie Ho graduated from both School of Music and School of Drama of the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts. He studied under Law Wing-fai (Composition) and Anthony Chan (Directing). Frankie is now a member of the Composers and Authors Society of Hong Kong Ltd. Frankie has been the composer, arranger and music director for many musicals, including Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts' The Dream of a Young Girl; Hong Kong Repertory Theatre's Hong Kong For Sure!, Departure 00:00, Scrooge, and Sing Your Life a Musical; City University of Hong Kong's City Legend; Theatre Space's They're Playing Our Song; TNT Production's Forever Teresa Teng Musical; and Drama Gallery's Vagabond: The Musical, 2 On Stage's Homo Superus, Chung Ying Theatre Company's A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum, and The Government Inspector: The Musical, Drama Gallery + 2 On Stage's Four Thousand Gold; Theatre Noir's Animal Farm; Wholetheatre's Autumn City Story, Cabaret 2011, and Nothing is Whole without Love; Pichead On Stage's Mr. DIVA's Masterclass, and One Night in Falsettoland in Concert, Hong Kong Children's Musical Theatre's Wong Sze Ma's My Boy the Musical; Class 7A Drama Group's Mother Courage in China; The Nonsensemakers' The Rainbow Troops - The Musical; Cabarets - Listen, W.A.R, R.A.W, and Women, Love, and Life.

*Programme Notes can be freely reproduced in concert introduction and house programmes. *This piece must be sung in Cantonese. The Cantonese transliteration of the sheet music is based on The Linguistic Society of Hong Kong Cantonese Romanisation Scheme (Jyutping). For guidance on Cantonese pronunciation, please refer to this website: https://www.lshk.org/jyutping

歌詞

Lyrics

天黑了 天黑了 太陽下山了 狐狸先生幾點鐘 小猴兒要歸家了

It's seven o'clock, it's getting dark, the sun is going down What time is it Mr Fox? Little Monkey must go home

狐狸牠偷偷笑 狐狸牠心中笑 何必擔心我晚餐呢？ 紅燒猴兒真好吃

Mr. Fox laughs to himself, so evil and cunning Why so worried about my dinner?

Braised monkey is so delicious!

不聽教！ 通山去！ 這回蕩失了！ 猴子今晚會有險！ 小猴兒卻不知道！

Naughty boy is running here and there!

Danger is all around! .

Lost in the mountain is so dangerous, but the little monkey doesn't know

「天黑了！ 天黑了！ 我兒未歸 ！」 猴子媽媽哪裡知？ 小猴兒會歸不了！

"It's getting dark, it's so dark, my son hasn't returned yet!"

Mother monkey never knows, baby monkey will never come back!

狐狸牠偷偷笑 狐狸牠心中笑 何必擔心我晚餐呢？ 紅燒猴兒真好吃！

Mr. Fox laughs to himself, so evil and cunning Why so worried about my dinner?

Braised monkey is so delicious!

不得了！ 不得了！ 這回遇險了！ 猴子媽媽快救牠 小猴兒會歸不了！

It’s getting late, time is running short, it’s just too dangerous!

Mother monkey saves him quick!

Baby monkey won't be back!

English translation of lyrics

Wai Yin

2022 第一版 First Edition 2022 中大合唱協會有限公司出版 Published by CU Chorus Association Limited 總編輯 Editor-in-chief: 林凱昌 Lam Hoi-cheong 樂曲介紹 Programme Notes: Frankie Ho 樂譜排版 Music Typesetting: 太元 Zha Taiyuan 中文編輯 Chinese Editor: 朱振威 Leon Chu 英文編輯 English Editor: 林凱昌 Lam Hoi-cheong © 2022 中大合唱協會有限公司 CU Chorus Association Limited www.cuchorus.org.hk cuchorus@cuchorus.org.hk

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