"噯喲, 噯喲, 噯噯喲!" - Singaporean Hokkien Soldiers' Anthem

"噯喲, 噯喲, 噯噯喲!" is a Singaporean 福建兵 (Hokkienpeng) (Hokkien soldier) anthem, sung between the 1960s to early 2000s. Taking on various lyrics throughout its history, the tune survives today in a English version of the song, as most young Singaporeans today cannot speak or understand Hokkien.

[@TargetDefenseForce]

Thank you so much for the translation. I loved this NS classic but never managed to understand the lyrics until today 😂

[@rtfofficiale]

Glad you liked it!!

[@Azeral.]

In my secondary school, we still sing this in ncc lol. In collage now, still fond memories

[@matthewbokodo6880]

not chinese but somehow can read it 😂 greetings from east malaysia to our former brother singaporean

[@omeeenom8939]

2:20 叫雞 actually refers to hiring a prostitute not chicken rice

[@rtfofficiale]

Oh really! I never knew that, interesting!

[@Gryfder]

叫 - to call 鸡 - slang for prostitute Thank you so much for this, it reminds me of the military movies they air here, haha, I have just finished my service last year myself!

[@AegirwooZhunLeng]

Hokkien I know this lyrics

[@JamesLee-on1yb]

Fun fact this melody is actually a hokkien song.

[@rtfofficiale]

Correction: 0:39 English translation of ITD should be ITD (Infantry Training Depot) and not BMT. Similarly at 0:49, BMT should be replaced with ITD. Apologies!

[@stoopidphersun7436]

At 0:48 it translates to "ITD is a 3 floor house" (I think, my hokkien aint good) Also at 1:28 Na in Na si should be written as 若 I think( again, my hokkien 無好的）

[@rtfofficiale]

​@stoopidphersun7436 Thank you for the suggestions! As a young Singaporean, my Hokkien is definitely not the best!

[@f0960031]

我來亂改成台灣版。 九月二三是 歹日子 抑是小弟ㄟ做兵日 七早八早 來坐高鐵 到尾仔 來到成功嶺 噯喲 噯喲 噯噯喲 噯喲 噯喲 噯噯喲 當我來到成功嶺 兵頭收去徵集令 叫我入去剪頭毛 然後送我去宿舍住 噯喲 噯喲 噯噯喲 噯喲 噯喲 噯噯喲 新兵宿舍是大通鋪 抑是是小弟ㄟ食風厝 有Khng眠床Kah鐵櫥 兵衫兵褲 攏總有 噯喲 噯喲 噯噯喲 噯喲 噯喲 噯噯喲 翹翹三條 叫班仔 直直一條 叫排仔 翹翹幾條毋知影 彼ㄟ叫做督導長 噯喲 噯喲 噯噯喲 噯喲 噯喲 噯噯喲 班仔那是發脾氣 樓頂樓咖走乎你死 三四三四愛大聲 無代無誌 換來換去 噯喲 噯喲 噯噯喲 噯喲 噯喲 噯噯喲 未明起床到暗暝 鑽孔插草基本教練 上teh食力是 走五公里 有時擱著扛破病兮 噯喲 噯喲 噯噯喲 噯喲 噯喲 噯噯喲 做兵一時 八箍半 做兵一個月 拿六千 營站擱有 小蜜蜂 錢無賺著 變大箍 噯喲 噯喲 噯噯喲 噯喲 噯喲 噯噯喲

[@CHEWSOONWEIMoe]

Translate to english😂

[@f0960031]

@@CHEWSOONWEIMoe almost the same as the original version but only changed the location name and the military rank name

[@lucioletan528]

Sang this during road march in early 1990s i dont understand and got nfi what is this song about.

[@fabianng-nl8kp]

NDP 2023

[@g2atechmar826]

Sure or not? 2:18 ..."still short of 1 dollar to buy Chicken rice". 😂

[@KKLIM5]

It’s not chicken rice !

[@leekelvin00]

The English translation is totally off, must be from a non-hokkien speaking person.