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A Japanese miscellany - University of Oregon

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Songs <strong>of</strong> <strong>Japanese</strong> Children 149<br />

( Moon-song — Province <strong>of</strong> Shinano .)<br />

O-Tsuki Sama,<br />

Kwannon-do orit^,<br />

Mamma agare<br />

— Mamma wa iya-iya<br />

Ammo nara mitsu kuryo<br />

— O Lady Moon,<br />

Come down from over the Temple <strong>of</strong> Kwannon,<br />

And help yourself to some boiled rice !<br />

— Rice ? no ! 1 do not like rice.<br />

But if you have ammochi^ let me have three I<br />

{Promnce <strong>of</strong> Kit.)<br />

— O-Tsuki Sama, ikutsu ?<br />

— Jiu-san hitotsu.<br />

— Sorya mada wakai •.<br />

Waka-bune e notte,<br />

Kara made watare<br />

— Lady Moon, how old are you ?<br />

— Thirteen and one.<br />

— That is still young<br />

In the Ship <strong>of</strong> Youth embarking-,<br />

Cross over the sea to China I<br />

• Rice-cakes stuffed with a mixture <strong>of</strong> sugrar and bean-flour.<br />

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