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A Japanese miscellany - University of Oregon

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164 <strong>Japanese</strong> Miscellany<br />

The Lotos-flower has opened, has opened, has opened —<br />

!<br />

Even as 1 thought that it had opened, — lo I yatohosa ! — it<br />

has closed up again I<br />

^<br />

{Play-song.)<br />

Umeboshi-San<br />

To iu hito wa,<br />

Ashi kara kao made<br />

Shiwa-yotte !<br />

—<br />

Shiwa-yotte<br />

Are wa sui,<br />

Kore wa sui, —<br />

Sui, sui, sui<br />

The person called Mr. Pickled-Plum is wrinkled all over<br />

from feet to face,— wrinkled all over I Sour<br />

sour on this side — I sour, sour, sour !<br />

{Play-song.)<br />

Chinkan-chinkara<br />

Kajiya no ko<br />

Hadaka de tobidasu,<br />

Furoya no ko ^<br />

;<br />

!<br />

. . .<br />

! !<br />

on that side I<br />

' This Song <strong>of</strong> the Lotos is sung by a company <strong>of</strong> children who<br />

form a circle, or dancing-round, all holding hands, and facing inwards.<br />

As the song begins the circle is slowly widened ; but at the word<br />

yatohosa all run in together, — closing up the round with a simultaneous<br />

pull.<br />

' This appears to be a fragment <strong>of</strong> some "enumerative song," in<br />

which different trades and occupations are referred to.

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