PAKITONG-KITONG (Cebuano)

 This is originally a Cebuano nursery rhyme which became popular to Philippine school children in its Filipino translation. The Cebuano lyrics here given is translated: Tong, tong, tong, pakitong-kitong (Vocables)/ Crabs in the river (suba) are known to be hard to catch/ It is only me who can catch, and only I can eat.







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