Sing about eating in Mandarin!

This video clip and song from Basho really makes me want to check out their language materials. I'm very picky and rarely see anything I think is worth purchasing, but the method they use in this song looks promising. It's a long song with a catchy, made-up rhythm. What I like is that there is lots of repetition, food is presented in a grammatical context (I love to eat ....; I want to eat...), and several related variations of that grammatical context are presented (We want to eat, I want to eat). By the end of the song, you know how to say several related complete sentences and they stick in your brain. Yes, it's a bit long and repetitive, but you need every last repetition of it, and it never gets boring because of the rhythm. There are a few new words here for students (rice, noodles, vegetables, corn, we, hungry), but not many, so it should be very manageable for them; they should come away from the song with a stronger sense of how to use the verb "eat" in Mandarin, and with a couple of extra food words under their belt as well.



"Wǒ è le, I'm Hungry!" song lyrics from BASHO & friends:
ENGLISH:
Teacher, I am hungry!
What do you want to eat?
I want to eat rice x 3
I love to eat!
We want to eat rice x 3
We love to eat!
I want to eat vegetables x 3
I love to eat!
We want to eat vegetables x 3
We love to eat!
I want to eat ~ I love to eat!
We love to eat ~ we love to eat
I want to eat ~ I love to eat!
We want to eat ~ we love to eat
I want to eat apples x 3
I love to eat!
We want to eat apples x 3
We love to eat!
I want to eat fish x 3
I love to eat!
We want to eat fish x 3
We love to eat!
I want to eat ~ I love to eat!
We love to eat ~ we love to eat
I want to eat ~ I love to eat!
We want to eat ~ we love to eat
I want to eat noodles x 3
I love to eat!
We want to eat noodles x 3
We love to eat!
I want to eat corn x 3
I love to eat!
We want to eat corn x 3
We love to eat!
/ I want to eat ~ I love to eat!
We love to eat ~ we love to eat
I want to eat ~ I love to eat!
We want to eat ~ we love to eat
I want to eat rice!
We want to eat rice!
I want to eat vegetables!
We want to eat vegetables!
I want to eat apples!
We want to eat apples!
I want to eat fish!
we want to eat fish!
I want to eat noodles!
We want to eat noodles!
I want to eat corn!
we want to eat corn!
I want to eat ~ I love to eat!
We love to eat ~ we love to eat
I want to eat ~ I love to eat!
We want to eat ~ we love to eat


Mandarin:

Lǎoshī, wǒ è le!
Wǒ è le! ma? Nǐ yào chī shénme?
wǒ yào chī fàn x 3
wǒ ài chī!
wǒmen yào chī fàn x 3
wǒmen ài chī!
wǒ yào chī cài x 3
wǒ ài chī!
wǒmen yào chī cài x 3
wǒmen ài chī!
wǒ yào chī ~ wǒ ài chī!
wǒmen yào chī ~ wǒmen ài chī
wǒ yào chī ~ wǒ ài chī!
wǒmen yào chī ~ wǒmen ài chī!
wǒ yào chī píng guǒ x 3
wǒ ài chī!
wǒmen yào chī píng guǒ x 3
wǒmen ài chī!
wǒ yào chī yú x 3
wǒ ài chī!
wǒmen yào chī yú x 3
wǒmen ài chī!
wǒ yào chī ~ wǒ ài chī!
wǒmen yào chī ~ wǒmen ài chī
wǒ yào chī ~ wǒ ài chī!
wǒmen yào chī ~ wǒmen ài chī!
wǒ yào chī miàn x 3
wǒ ài chī!
wǒmen yào chī miàn x 3
wǒmen ài chī!
wǒ yào chī yùmǐ x 3
wǒ ài chī!
wǒmen yào chī yùmǐ x 3
wǒmen ài chī!
wǒ yào chī ~ wǒ ài chī!
wǒmen yào chī ~ wǒmen ài chī
wǒ yào chī ~ wǒ ài chī!
wǒmen yào chī ~ wǒmen ài chī!
wǒ yào chī fàn!
wǒmen yào chī fàn!
wǒ yào chī cài!
wǒmen yào chī cài!
wǒ yào chī píng guǒ!
wǒmen yào chī píng guǒ!
wǒ yào chī yú!
wǒmen yào chī yú!
wǒ yào chī miàn!
wǒmen yào chī miàn!
wǒ yào chī yùmǐ!
wǒmen yào chī yùmǐ!
wǒ yào chī ~ wǒ ài chī!
wǒmen ài chī ~ wǒmen ài chī!
wǒ yào chī ~ wǒ ài chī!
wǒmen ài chī ~ wǒmen ài chī