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A Japanese miscellany - University of Oregon

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1^0 <strong>Japanese</strong> Miscellany<br />

(Province <strong>of</strong> Tosa.)<br />

— O-Tsuki Sama<br />

Momo-iro<br />

!<br />

! !<br />

— Dare ga iuta ?<br />

— Ama ga iuta.<br />

— Ama no kuchi wo<br />

Hikisake<br />

— O Lady Moon, your face is the color <strong>of</strong> a peach ! —<br />

Who said so ?— A nun said so. ^— Pinch and fear the mouth<br />

<strong>of</strong> that nun I<br />

(Province <strong>of</strong>Suwo.)<br />

O-Tsuki Sama,<br />

O-Tsuki Sama,<br />

Moshi ! moshi<br />

! —<br />

Neko to nezumi ga,<br />

Issho-daru sagete,<br />

Fuji-no-yama wo<br />

Ima koeta<br />

O Lady Moon !<br />

Lady Moon<br />

1 say I I say I<br />

A cat and a rat,<br />

Carrying a one-sho barrel [<strong>of</strong> sak^],<br />

The Mountain <strong>of</strong> Fuji<br />

Just now crossed over ! i<br />

1 Sung when a cloud passes over the Moon. The cat and the rat<br />

are playful goblins, <strong>of</strong> course, — such as figure In children's picture-

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