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A Japanese miscellany - University of Oregon

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Songs <strong>of</strong> <strong>Japanese</strong> Children 16^<br />

Clink ! clank ! — the child <strong>of</strong> the blacksmith I<br />

Jumping out naked — the child <strong>of</strong> the bath house I<br />

(Plaji-song.)<br />

" Kaji-don ! Kaji-don<br />

Hi hitotsu goshare !<br />

" Hi wa nai, nai ya !<br />

Ano yama koete,<br />

Kono yama koete,<br />

Hi wa koko, koko ni aru !<br />

" Sir Smith I Sir Smith I<br />

Please give us a little fire."<br />

" Fire I have none, none at all.<br />

Crossing over that mountain<br />

Crossing over this mountain,<br />

Fire then you will find here." i<br />

(Dance-song.)<br />

"<br />

Naka no, naka no<br />

Kobotoke wa,<br />

Naze mata kaganda 1<br />

Oya no hi ni<br />

Ebi tabete.<br />

1 This song is sung in accompaniment to an ingenious and difficult<br />

finger-play, — not altogether unlike our nursery-game <strong>of</strong> "Dance,<br />

Thumbkittf dance 1"— but much more complicated; both hands being<br />

used.<br />

!<br />

,<br />

"

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