La la la! La la la! I'm an expert in selling newspapers,

Before the morning dispatch, he walked and shouted:

Today's news is really good. You can buy two newspapers for seven coppers.

La la la! La la la! I'm an expert in selling newspapers,

Running all over the street in the heavy wind and rain, I couldn't walk well and slipped.

Muddy water makes people laugh, and only I understand hunger and cold.

La la la! La la la! I'm an expert in selling newspapers,

Running in the street hungry and cold, not eating enough, not sleeping well,

Who can tell the painful life, one day the light will come.

Newspaper Selling Song is a popular children's song written by musician Nie Er in 1930s. The tune of music is simple, catchy, lively and smooth. With simple and vivid language and pungent and humorous style, it profoundly describes the tragic life and the desire for light of newsboys in the old society.

Nie Er (19 12 ~ 1935) is a musician in China. He used to be Nie Shouxin and Zi Yi (also known as Zi Yi), and was the composer of National Anthem of the People's Republic of China march of the volunteers. Originally from Yuxi, Yunnan. Nie Er wrote countless inspiring songs in his short life, most of which profoundly reflected the thoughts and feelings of the working people at that time and accurately shaped the musical images of workers, singers, newsboys and other working people.

In the anti-Japanese national salvation movement, Nie Er's songs had a wide and far-reaching influence. His representative works include March of the Volunteers, Song of the Road, Docker, New Woman, Graduation Song, Song of Flying Flowers, Song of a Girl under the Iron Shoes, Newspaper Selling Song and Mei Niang Song. His music creation has a distinct sense of the times, serious ideology, high national spirit and outstanding artistic creativity. His music creation pointed out the direction and set an example for the development of proletarian revolutionary music in China.

Reference: Selling newspaper songs Baidu Encyclopedia