The Chang song

Here’s another way to make instant friends in Thailand. It’s the local nursery rhyme about the chang, i.e. the elephant. The first line: “Chang, chang, chang, chang, chang,” precedes a child-like description of an elephant in the rest of the song. Everyone knows this and learns it as a child. We tried it out on our guide the next day and it worked. He grinned broadly just at our mention of the song and started singing it right away.

OK, everyone, let’s sing along…