A Japanese miscellany - University of Oregon

1?8 Japanese Miscellany
(Butterflji-song.)
Chocho! chocho!
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Na no ha ni tomare
Na no ha ga iyenara,
Te ni tomare
Butterfly I butterfly 1 light upon the na-\s3.i 1 1 If you
do not like the na-ksi, perch upon my hand I
(Tokj/o Song.)
Chocho, tombo mo,
Tori no uchi,
Yama sagzuru no wa,
Matsumushi,
Suzumushi,
Kutsuwamushi,
O-choko choi no chol!
The butterfly, and the dragon-fly, too, at the house of
The Pine-
the bird. Oh, the twittering in the mountains I
Insect, the Bell-Insect, the Bridle-bit-Insect all together,—
O-choko choi no choi !
(Sung by children chasing dragon-flies.)
Achi e yuku to,
Yemma ga niramu
^ The name na is given to several different Itinds of vegetables
but the Japanese turnip is probably here referred to. — This song is
sung in nearly all parts of Japan.
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