a rough mix from Gary Lucas' forthcoming album
"The Edge of Heaven Vol. Two"   
Gary Lucas--acoustic guitar and arrangement
Feifei Yang--vocals
Jason Candler--alto and baritone sax, bass clarinet and Peking cymbals
Professor G--vocals
(女)閑來得無事真煩惱，I have nothing to do and I am bored
(男)搓搓那麻將解心焦。Lets play a game of mah-jong to pass the time
(女)沒搓那麻將先說好，Before we start let us agree on the rules
(男)平和斷么一般高。Different variations of the game are mentioned - No flower and all straits is equal to a game with no ones and nines
(女)三元那四喜十三老，The 3 big guns, 4 winds and 13 wonders
(男)杠上開梅花海底撈。隔壁的周姑娘生得好，4 of a kind and the extra card you pull helps you reach game, or the last card you pull is one barrel - that is the ultimate-- BTW Miss Chow who sits next to me is looking good (flirting)
(女)韓大哥心裡亂七八糟。明鬥那七索妳鬥二餅，Big brother Han is being unfocused - I wanted seven bamboo but you discarded two barrels
莊家的一色一個人兒包。Banker has gamed and in one full colour so the one who threw him the winning card pays for all
(男)周姑娘推牌忙開口，Miss Chow you talk too much when you are putting your cards together
(女)猴兒妳七索為何不鬥？四七索平和跟著走，Little monkey, why did you not discard seven bamboos. I wanted four or seven bamboos and would have got away
(男)周姑娘妳嘴裡罵個不休！Miss Chow you are a bad loser!
recorded by Jason Candler
originally recorded by Chow Hsuan and Han Lan Ken, written by Yen Hwa
Lyrics
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"A Tale of the Mah-Jong Game"-Gary Lucas, Feifei Yang & Jason Candler

gary@garylucas.com