Hong Kong had long been a British colony. Western cultural influences started early and seeped into people’s daily life as early as the 1920s.
Cultural influences from the West took an upward turn in the 1950s, firstly through films. During the time when Wong Jum-sum grew up, the number of Western films on show every year was never less than 200. The West was also prominent in radio broadcast. Thanks to the work of progressive radio show hosts like Aileen Woods and Uncle Ray, a whole generation came to be exposed to all styles and genres of Western pop music. They helped to nurture a world where one could embrace simultaneously the diverse sound and sentiments of Frank Sinatra, Elvis Presley and Benny Goodman. A new collective outlook was thus embodied in the skin and bone of the baby boomer generation.
Composers and Lyricists:
Tishman,
Sterling,
Von Tilzer,
Weirick,
Cates
Chinses lyricist: Unknown
Performers: Kong Ling and
the Fabulous Echoes
Yummy yum yummy yummy yum
Love is a fruit of the yum yum tree
come share some yum yum again with me
You never miss a kiss or two but if you do
I’ll give you back as many as I take from you
This is the song of the yum yum tree
come share some yum yum and dance with me
When the dance is through
I promise you your heart will still be free
So, come pretty one,
come my yum yum yum with me
愛之果產生在愛之樹
真好吃滋味多愛之樹
它枝葉茂密生根蔥榮永不枯
我祝它開花插滿一瓶結好果
真歡喜真甜密愛之果
真好味真好吃愛之果
純潔心聯合願你和他
同危難 共擔苦 灌溉愛之樹
你們在等待愛之夢
Love is a fruit of the yum yum tree
Love is the route to the harmony
No wonder I would rather dance than sit and talk
No wonder I would rather dance than take a walk
Yum Yum is such fun and all so free
no one can dance it as well as me
When the dance is through
I hope that you again will say to me
“Will you pretty one please yum yum yum yum with me?” with me
