[Intro]

[Verse]

🏮 The Kang Family of Melaka

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(Verse 1)

Monsoon winds brought the junks to Melaka's shore,

From Fujian's coast, where their ancestors swore.

Silk for spice, beneath the burning sun,

A new world born, a race begun.

He built his house on Millionaire's Row,

Where Dutch-style windows and Chinese roots grow.

East and West beneath one roof so wide,

A sacred home, where histories hide.

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(Chorus)

Oh, the Kangs of Melaka, proud and grand,

With porcelain white and golden sand.

Babas walked where kings once trod,

Nyonyas' tales praised by God.

In shadowed halls, the ladies gazed,

Through carved wood screens, their souls amazed.

A thousand years of East and West,

Forever blessed, forever blessed.

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(Verse 2)

Lemongrass and chilli filled the kitchen air,

Nyonya kebaya, colours rich and rare.

Sons learned the Queen's English, yet kept the old ways,

Pantun and love songs filled their days.

He raised them as the "King's Chinese" elite,

With Western manners and Chinese feet.

In pantun rhymes, old dreams were told,

Echoes of a age of gold.

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(Chorus)

Oh, the Kangs of Melaka, proud and grand,

With porcelain white and golden sand.

Babas walked where kings once trod,

Nyonyas' tales praised by God.

In shadowed halls, the ladies gazed,

Through carved wood screens, their souls amazed.

A thousand years of East and West,

Forever blessed, forever blessed.

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(Bridge)

Then war came crashing, glory slipped away,

Golden days dissolved to grey.

But in the museum, their spirits stay,

Through silent mist, they softly pray.

The baby gate still guards the stair,

A relic from a time so rare.

To keep the children safe from harm,

On sacred ground, a silent charm.

---So here's to the Kangs of Melaka's shore,

The days that are no more.

Wood and stone still tell the tale,

Two cultures joined, they never fail.

Love and tears intertwined,

In Melaka's heart enshrined.

A heritage that won't decay,

Through joy and pain,

Through joy and pain…

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