Beat two oxen	Beat the two heads of skor thomm drum, whose heads are made of cowhide
Eat the axel	Play the sralai oboe, whose player takes the reed into his mouth
One ox with ashes	Play the sampho drum, which is tuned using a paste of cooked rice and ashes
Scratch a breast	Play the korng gong circle, a set of bossed gongs which resemble the breast
Look at bamboo	Play the roneat xylophone, whose keys are made of bamboo
Sounds like a cicada	The sound of the roneat dek metallophone is penetrating
Speak one by one	The roneat thung low-pitched xylophone plays a disjunct melody