In the show, not only did the group of beggars have to perform the cart drum and "cloth-horse" dances, Tang Mei-yun--as head of the beggars--had to sing a folk song, "Tune of Hengchun," accompanying herself on the yueqin stringed instrument.
上了戲，這群乞丐兄弟，不只要弄車鼓、跳布馬，乞丐頭唐美雲還端出月琴，自彈自唱了一段民歌恆春調。