Down by the bay where the watermelons grow, 沿着海湾溜达，一路种满西瓜
back to my home I dare not go. 我还不敢回家，实因怕我老妈；
For if I do, my mother will say: 如果这就回家，老妈问题难答——
"Have you ever seen a snake baking a cake “你看到过一条蛇做蛋糕吗？”
down by the bay?"
Down by the bay where the watermelons grow,
back to my home I dare not go.
For if I do, my mother will say:
"Have you ever seen a frog walking his dog 遛狗的青蛙
down by the bay?"
Down by the bay where the watermelons grow,
back to my home I dare not go.
For if I do, my mother will say:
"Have you ever seen a mouse painting his house 粉刷房子的老鼠
down by the bay?"
Down by the bay where the watermelons grow,
back to my home I dare not go.
For if I do, my mother will say:
"Have you ever seen a cat wearing a hat 戴帽子的猫
down by the bay?"
Down by the bay where the watermelons grow,
back to my home I dare not go.
For if I do, my mother will say:
"Have you ever seen a pig doing a jig 跳快步舞曲的猪
down by the bay?"
Down by the bay where the watermelons grow,
back to my home I dare not go.
For if I do, my mother will say:
"Have you ever seen a cow going bow-wow 学狗叫的牛
down by the bay?"
Down by the bay where the watermelons grow,
back to my home I dare not go.
For if I do, my mother will say:
"Have you ever seen a fish eating from a dish 用盘子吃饭的鱼
down by the bay?"
翻译：
沿着海湾溜达，一路种满西瓜；
我还不敢回家，实因怕我老妈；
如果这就回家，老妈问题难答——
可否见到精蛇，它在烘焙蛋挞？
沿着海湾溜达，一路种满西瓜；
我还不敢回家，实因怕我老妈；
如果这就回家，老妈问题难答——
可否见到青蛙，它在把狗溜达？
沿着海湾溜达，一路种满西瓜；
我还不敢回家，实因怕我老妈；
如果这就回家，老妈问题难答——
可否见到老鼠，它在把家粉刷？
沿着海湾溜达，一路种满西瓜；
我还不敢回家，实因怕我老妈；
如果这就回家，老妈问题难答——
可否见到酷猫，一顶高帽风华？
沿着海湾溜达，一路种满西瓜；
我还不敢回家，实因怕我老妈；
如果这就回家，老妈问题难答——
可否见到舞猪，它在跳着踢踏？
沿着海湾溜达，一路种满西瓜；
我还不敢回家，实因怕我老妈；
如果这就回家，老妈问题难答——
可否见到奶牛，它在学狗叫哇？
沿着海湾溜达，一路种满西瓜；
我还不敢回家，实因怕我老妈；
如果这就回家，老妈问题难答——
可否见到怪鱼，盘中取食真假？
——By Rico爸爸
【Notes】
儿歌介绍
「Down by the Bay」是一首传统儿歌，最著名的版本是由歌手Raffi演唱，并收录与1976年发行的「Singable Songs for the Very Young」这张专辑里。这首歌有可能起源于希腊，因为希腊的一首名叫Yialo Yialo的传统歌谣有着同样的旋律。
Down by the Bay这首儿歌的歌词通常是这样开始的：
"Down by the bay,
Where the watermelons grow,
Back to my home,
I dare not go,
For if I do,
My mother will say:"
之后会有"Did you ever see a _____, _____ing a _____"这样的句式，空格处通常会使用押韵的词，如：
"Did you ever see asnake,baking acake?"
"Did you ever see acat, wearing ahat?"
"Did you ever see awhale, with a polka-dot tail?"
这首儿歌，也称为Silly Song，里面很多内容是搞笑无厘头的。正是通过这种好玩的方式，让小朋友感受英语中押韵词的魅力。
