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Throughout Malay-speaking Southeast Asia, the Malay pantun has long provided a medium for social intercourse between people of varied ethnic backgrounds. One of the most elaborate forms of pantun singing is Dondang Sayang. With a focus on Baba Chinese contributions, Like Tigers around a Piece of Meat traces the history of Dondang Sayang and analyses through texts from Singapore and Malacca how the poets achieve works of profound meaning.

Folk songs, Malay --- Oral tradition --- Chinese --- Quatrains, Malay --- Folk music --- Ethnic music --- Traditional music --- Folklore --- Music --- Malay quatrains --- Malay poetry --- Dondang sayang --- Ethnology --- Tradition, Oral --- Oral communication --- Oral history --- Malay folk songs --- History and criticism. --- Social life and customs.