A Japanese miscellany - University of Oregon

172 Japanese Miscellany
" Tai soete yashinau."
" Sore wa hone ga atte ikenu."
" Sonnara tai ga hone nara,
Ika soete yashinau."
" Sore wa mushi no dai-doku."
" Sonnara Tono-San no nikai de
Mosen shiite tenarai sashozo."
" Te ga yogorete ikenu."
" Sonnara Tono-San no nikai de
Mosen shiite sato mochi."
" Sonnara yaruzo !
" Acolyte, acolyte, please give me one child I
"
" — " Which
child do you wish to have?" — "That child 1 want to
have." — "With what kind of food will you feed the
child?"—" With te-fish I will feed the child." — « That
will not do, —there are too many bones." — " Then, as
there are too many bones in te'-fish, I will feed the child
with cuttle-fish." — "That would be very bad for the
stomach of the child." — "Then, in the house of the
lord, upstairs, I will spread a rug, and teach the child to
write." — "That will not do: it would make the child's
hands dirty." — " Then in the house of the lord, upstairs,
I will spread a rug, and give sugar-cakes to the child." —
" Very well, I will let you have the child."
(New-Year Song.)
Senzo ya ! manzo
O-fune ya gichiri ko,
!