Tune: Mary Had a Little Lamb
See the lion dance and prance,
Dance and prance, dance and prance.
See the lion dance and prance,
On Lunar New Year's Day!
Hear the firecrackers pop,
Pop, pop, pop, pop, pop, pop
Hear the firecrackers pop,
On Lunar New Year's Day!
Hear the drums go boom, boom, boom,
boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom,
Hear the drums go boom, boom, boom,
And scare Nian* away!
*Folklore says Nian (pronounced nee-in) was a monster who terrorized villages and kidnapped children, until he was defeated by a lion. Villagers would dress and dance as the lion each year to scare Nian away.
