On the first day of Chinese New Year, My family gave to me
Lots of red pocket money
On the second day of Chinese New Year, In my family
Married daughters visit (Dan: What?)
And get lots of red pocket money
On the third day of Chinese New Year In my family
Nobody visits people Get fortunes told
And get lots of red pocket money
On the fourth day of Chinese New Year In my family
Eat Spring dinners Go back to work
If your job is crappy And get lots of red pocket money
On the fifth day of Chinese New Year In my family
Eat dumplings!!!!
~~ For good luck
But not visit family It’s bad luck
And get lots of red pocket money
On the seventh day of Chinese New Year In my family
It’s everybody’s birthday And a goddess made humans ~~
You eat fish and noodles Unless you are Buddhist
Then you get no meat And get lots of red pocket money
On the eight day of Chinese New Year In my family
We eat dinner again Almost Jade Emperor’s Birthday
People go back to work!
Nooo!!
~~ Bosses buy you lunch
You eat more Tummy’s getting round
And get lots of red pocket money
On the ninth day of Chinese New Year In my family
It’s Jade Emperor’s Birthday People offer prayers
With sugarcanes Or tea, incense and fruit~~~
Roast pig Or gold paper
It all works And get lots of red pocket money
On the thirteenth day of Chinese New Year In my family
No more food coma You go vegetarian
To clean out your stomach From eating for two weeks
And celebrate the God of War ~~ Who was a Chinese general
Named Guan Yu Won a hundred wars
And get lots of red pocket money
On the fifteenth day of Chinese New Year In my family
It’s lantern festival Eat rice balls
And Light up candles If you’re South East Asian
Find a boyfriend Write down your number~~
On a mandarin Chuck it in a river
And hope a guy will call you And get lots of red pocket money
On the days we skipped of Chinese New Year In my family
We probably just eat Eat, talk and eat
Lion dance and fireworks Talk, eat and eat
Eat, talk and eat Chill, watch TV
Talk, eat and eat Visit family
And did we say eat?~~ Eat, eat and eat
With family Or without
And get lots of red pocket money!