Since the early twentieth century, Hong Kong has always been an important venue for Cantonese opera development. After 1949, as a result of political turmoil in the Mainland, performers and troupes converged and resettled in the territory, leading to a tremendous prospering of Cantonese opera in the subsequent decade. This development is linked intimately with the rise of the electronic media.
Performers and troupes began to grasp the possibilities offered by film and radio to re-examine age-old performance practices with regard to acting, singing, script writing, instrumentation, and stage set-up. They brought in novel elements from the theatre and movie world, and participated in the production of films and records. With these acts, they are extending the movement to modernize Cantonese opera that began in the 1930s.
Wong Jum-sum was thoroughly immersed in the world of Cantonese opera from young. Through his close encounter with master performers like Hung Sin-nui, Ma Si-tsang, Yam Kim-fai, Pak Suet-sin and Tong Dik-sang, he witnessed first hand the modernization of Cantonese opera, and was mightily moved by the adventure and passion he saw.
作曲：Don Raye, Peter Fadden
作詞：胡文森
主唱：鄭君綿、李寶瑩、鄧寄塵
鄭：人人都要捱
為人莫貪倚賴
日後成功失敗
全憑是否去捱
李：時時為仔女捱
時時拖去街
鄧：成世噯姑乖
兒共女攞債
將來永無白捱
鄭：窮人命中要捱
財雄亦擔心大
李：日日慌失敗
無時不憂懷
鄧：營謀重兼安排
求財技精夾乖
鄭：貧富亦一般
貧賤無分界
一同奮鬥力捱
鄭：窮人命中要捱
財雄亦擔心大
李：日日慌失敗
無時不憂懷
鄧：營謀重兼安排
求財技精夾乖
鄭：貧富亦一般
貧賤無分界
一同奮鬥力捱
鄧：人人若肯去捱
名成在精夾乖
合：勤勉顯功夫
成就似飛快
他年快樂無涯
他年快樂無涯
他年快樂無涯
