Sometimes it might be a tea-picking song, at others perhaps something with a moral lesson. At other times they would sing songs full of insults aimed at teapickers on the neighboring hill. Says Ah-feng, "We used to sing all day long.
採茶的時候，女孩子們一人一畦，去的時候，妳來唱，回程時換我唱，有時唱些採茶歌，有時唱些勸世歌，有時也和對面山巒的採茶姑娘對罵，唱些罵人歌。