2. 人生長恨水長東
曲詞: http://68893333.com/sllyric/Lyric/7022.pdf
聽曲：https://youtu.be/92h2laA7cn4
故事：(譚惜萍撰曲) 這是南宋詩人陸游與表妹唐婉的故事，陸游與唐婉婚後三年，陸游荒廢書卷、無心考科舉，而陸家最重要是希望陸游有日金榜題名，於是激怒了母親，再加上其它原因，便迫二人分離。之後陸游再娶，唐婉再嫁，七年後陸游經過沈園，在沈園墻壁題下一首千古絕唱「釵頭鳳」：
紅酥手，黃縢酒，滿城春色宮牆柳。東風惡，歡情薄。一懷愁緒，幾年離索。錯、錯、錯。
春如舊，人空瘦，淚痕紅浥鮫綃透。桃花落，閒池閣。山盟雖在，錦書難托。莫、莫、莫。
一年後唐婉在沈園看到這詩、淒婉地回了以下的一首：
世情薄，人情惡，雨送黃昏花易落。曉風乾，淚痕殘，欲箋心事，獨語斜闌。難，難，難！
人成各，今非昨，病魂常似鞦韆索。角聲寒，夜闌珊，怕人尋問，咽淚裝歡。瞞，瞞，瞞！
唐婉寫下此詞不久，就抑鬱而死。
此曲是四十年後陸游再訪沈園，已是白髮蒼蒼、夢見唐婉、互訴心聲。丨
Story - The famous poet, Lu Yiu, from the Southern Sung Dynasty (1127-1279), was in love with his cousin Tang Wen and married her while they were quite young. Unfortunately, Tang could not give him any children and his mother forced him to divorce Tang. Lu was heartbroken but had to obey his mother and married another woman. Later Tang also remarried. Seven years had passed, and one day Lu was strolling in the Shen Garden and wrote a very doleful poem on the wall, expressing his unfailing love for her, claiming their divorce was a mistake. A year later, following the same rhyming order, Tang retorted by writing another bitter poem on the same wall, describing how hard life was for her after the divorce. Soon after, she died. 40 years later, Lu, now an old man revisited the Shen Garden and dreamed of Tang.
Story - The famous poet, Lu Yiu, from the Southern Sung Dynasty (1127-1279), was in love with his cousin Tang Wen and married her while they were quite young. Unfortunately, Tang could not give him any children and his mother forced him to divorce Tang. Lu was heartbroken but had to obey his mother and married another woman. Later Tang also remarried. Seven years had passed, and one day Lu was strolling in the Shen Garden and wrote a very doleful poem on the wall, expressing his unfailing love for her, claiming their divorce was a mistake. A year later, following the same rhyming order, Tang retorted by writing another bitter poem on the same wall, describing how hard life was for her after the divorce. Soon after, she died. 40 years later, Lu, now an old man revisited the Shen Garden and dreamed of Tang.
曲詞：http://68893333.com/sllyric/Lyric/7212.pdf
聽曲：https://youtu.be/AI35F-IuNak
故事：這首曲描述南唐李後主李煜與大周后娥皇的故事、娥皇體弱多病、她妹妺（後來的小周后）借探病之機會與李煜偷情，他還為她寫了一首菩薩蠻之詞描述二人偷情時的情景、令大周后大受刺激，一病不起！
Story - He's the last Emperor of Southern Tang in the Five Dynasties. While his queen was sick in bed, he had an affair with the queen's little sister and wrote a poem about their affair. The queen got sicker and died unable to forgive him.
4. 寒江釣雪
曲詞及聽曲：https://youtu.be/11Ugm0dYVaU
故事：這首曲是著名粵劇編劇家南海十三郎（江譽鏐）之作，取自他寫給薛覺先名劇「心聲淚影」插曲。其實看到曲詞、便知道他是寫自己的心聲！據說南海十三郎當年就讀香港大學醫科、為了愛慕一位女同學、毅然離開香港到上海追隨心愛的人、但始終未得對方接受、所以這首曲是反映他的心聲，並表白對她是一片痴心、曲詞內容描述雖然她是渺無音訊、但對她仍是矢志不移！
Story - It's just a song written by its composer trying to express his eternal love for his woman whom had disappeared.
5. 武則天與王皇后
曲詞：http://68893333.com/sllyric/Lyric/7085.pdf
聽曲：https://youtu.be/hv6jsqH7f8s
故事：武則天原是唐太宗才人、太宗死後、武才人依唐後宮之例，入感業寺
Story - This song is about Empress Wu of the Tang Dynasty before she got into power. She was being placed in a nunnery after the old Emperor died, but the current queen coerced Wu to go back to the palace to be a concubine for the young emperor. The queen's intention was to get Wu to divert the young emperor's attention towards another concubine.
Story - This song is about Empress Wu of the Tang Dynasty before she got into power. She was being placed in a nunnery after the old Emperor died, but the current queen coerced Wu to go back to the palace to be a concubine for the young emperor. The queen's intention was to get Wu to divert the young emperor's attention towards another concubine.
6. 史可法浴血揚州
曲詞及聽曲：https://youtu.be/9d42fqDHtvI
故事：這曲是溫哥華名撰曲家李竹所寫的。此曲描述明末重臣史可法奉命鎮守揚州，以防清兵南犯，史可法文人將兵、勢孤力弱，終以寡不敵眾而城破，清帥下令屠城、可法邊戰邊走，在江邊與夫人楊氏重見，可法但求一死以謝揚州，欲與夫人沉江殉國，楊氏不願作無謂犧維，但無能改變丈夫求死的念頭，唯有代夫盡孝，時清兵殺近，可法刎劍自戕。
Story - the famous Ming Dynasty hero Tse who was willing to die for his country. He was running for his life after the Yang city he guarded had fallen to the enemies. He saw his wife by the riverside. He wanted his wife to die together with him for the fallen city but his wife said she would not die just for no purpose; she should stay alive to help him take care of his mother.
7. 紅娘遞柬
曲詞及聽曲：https://youtu.be/R4Wb9mrfwy4
故事：這是名劇西廂記的一幕，相國老夫人及女兒崔鶯鶯回歸途中在山西普救寺暫居，偶遇書生張珙字君瑞來借宿，張生與崔鶯鶯互相產生愛慕。叛將孫飛虎帶手下慕名圍寺，要強搶崔鶯鶯，鶯鶯的母親宣稱誰能救她女兒就將女兒許配他，張生向他一位故舊「白馬將軍」杜太守寫了一封求救信，由一位僧人突出包圍送出，杜太守發兵解圍。後來因為老夫人悔婚，鶯鶯的婢女紅娘便替二人遞柬，使有情人終成眷屬。
Story - It's from the Chinese novel, Romance of the West Chamber - the story is about a few secret meetings between a gifted scholar and a beautiful lady in the west chamber at the back garden. Through much trials and tribulations, and finally it's a happy union. Scholar Zhang and Cui Ying-ying, the Prime Minister's daughter, fell in love with each other when they met and exchanged verses in the garden. When Cui's family ran into trouble, Zhang bravely came to their rescue. But later Cui's mother broke her promise to give her daughter to Zhang in marriage. The warm-hearted maidservant Hong-Niang came up with her ingenious plans and eventually brought the couple together.
8. 絶情谷底俠侶情 (折子戲 - One Act Operetta)
曲詞：http://68893333.com/sllyric/Lyric/7125.pdf
聽曲：https://youtu.be/6oTqp5txH3E
故事：楊過與小龍女是金庸小說《神鵰俠侶》的男女主角、偶然相遇而互生情愫，但因師生戀不容於世，一次他們在絶情谷誤中了冰魄銀針之毒，導致無藥可救，楊過雖有斷腸草可解毒，但只能救活其中一人，小龍女不願獨活，更不欲拖累夫君而於絕情谷跳崖自盡，遺下十六字在崖上：「十六年後，在此重會。夫妻情深，勿失信約。」這曲是描述小龍女十六年後與楊過重逢。
Story - from the famous novel, Legends of the Condor Heroes written by Jin Yong. Yang and his lover Little Dragon Girl were separated for 16 years. But Yang waited for 16 years to come back for his love, proving his love for her had never failed.
9. 潞安州 (折子戲 - One Act Operetta)
曲詞及聽曲：https://youtu.be/PbIiLHeelJk
《潞安州》乃著名編劇家陳冠卿先生六十年代初所撰。講述的是宋朝陸登孤守潞安州數月，因苦盼朝廷救兵不至，知城危在旦夕，乃回與妻訣别，囑妻擕出世方兩月之幼兒陸文龍逃奔，期保下一脈。陸妻剛烈不從，畀陸文龍付托乳母，與陸登慷慨赴死故事。
Story - During the Northern Sung Dynasty (960-1126), the Jurchen tribe grew very powerful in the north and formed a kingdom called Chin (1115-1234). Lu Deng, a general who was guarding the city of Lu'an knew that the Jurchen General was leading 500,000 soldiers to invade Lu'an while he only got 5,000 soldiers. He had sent for help but help never came. He vowed to guard his city and told his wife to take their son and leave. But his wife wanted to stay by his side, so she sent her son away with the nanny. Lu then returned from battle, badly wounded. To his surprise, his wife did not leave! Now he knew he could no longer guard the city but he was more worried that his wife would be mistreated by the enemies. To ease his fears, his wife took her life. He died at the end.
10. 林沖之夜奔 (折子戲 - One Act Operetta)
聽曲：https://youtu.be/bhJ8Wf3Ovw8 （沒有歌詞）
故事：林沖是元末明初著名小說《水滸傳》中的人物，綽號豹子頭，東京人氏，原是八十萬禁軍槍棒教頭，因其妻子被太尉高俅的養子高衙內看上，而多次遭到陷害，林沖殺死高俅奸細二人後，官府捉拿甚急。柴進乃介紹投奔梁山，但晝間恐人看破，只有夜裡潛行，徑奔梁山泊去。
Story - from the famous Chinese Novel - Outlaws of the Marsh or Water Margin. This song is about how one of the good government officers, Lin Chung, who was being framed for a crime he didn't do because a rich and powerful guy wanted his wife who later would rather commit suicide and eventually Lin had nowhere to go but to become an outlaw.
