Music: Ti Po Leih Li

The Chinese version of Tipperary last week got as far as Britain, where it was literally translated in the daily Yorkshire Post:

This road is far from Ti Po Leih Li,

We must walk for many days;

This road is far from Ti Po Leih Li

I want to see my lovely girl,

To meet again Pi Ko Ti Li,

To see again Lei Ssu Kweirh;

This road is far from Ti Po Leih Li,

But my heart is already in that place.

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