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A Japanese miscellany - University of Oregon

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1% <strong>Japanese</strong> Miscellany<br />

brush the mud <strong>of</strong>f. — If I should brush myself, it would<br />

hurt me 1<br />

(Toad-song— Province <strong>of</strong> Tosa.)<br />

Hiki-San, Hiki San, dete gonse<br />

Denya mogusa sueru-zo<br />

!<br />

Toad, toad, come out <strong>of</strong> your hole I If you don't come<br />

out I shall give you a moxa<br />

(Kite-son<br />

g<br />

— Province <strong>of</strong> l^umo.)<br />

Tobi ! tobi ! maute mise<br />

Ashita no ban ni,<br />

Karasu ni kakushite,<br />

Nezumi yarn<br />

Kite I kite ! let me see you dance ! To-morrow<br />

!<br />

!<br />

;<br />

: ! !<br />

even-<br />

ing, without letting the crows see it, I shall give you a rat I<br />

(Bat-song— Province <strong>of</strong> ^umo.)<br />

Komori, koi !<br />

sake nomasho<br />

Sake ga nakya, taru furasho.<br />

Bat, come hither, and you will drink some sake! If<br />

there be no sake [ready], I will pour out some from the<br />

barrel.<br />

{Firefly-song— Province <strong>of</strong>j^umo.)<br />

Hotaru koi midzu nomasho<br />

Achi no midzu wa nigai zo

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