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A Japanese miscellany - University of Oregon

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Songs <strong>of</strong> <strong>Japanese</strong> Children 173<br />

Gichiri, gichiri, kogeba,<br />

O-Ebisu ka ? Daikoku ka ?<br />

Kocha fuku no kami<br />

A thousand ships 1 ten thousand ships I Hear the<br />

August [Treasure-] Ship coming, — gichiri, gichiri, gichiri,<br />

as they row ! Is it the God Ebisu ? is it the God Dailcoku ?<br />

— Hither come the Gods <strong>of</strong> Good Fortune.<br />

! !<br />

(Old Tokyo Songs <strong>of</strong> the Bon-Festival.)<br />

Bon no jiu-roku nichi<br />

A-sobasenu oya wa,<br />

Ki-ESutsu, Kana-Butsu,<br />

Ishi-Botoke<br />

Ishi-Botoke<br />

I<br />

The parents who will not let their children play on the<br />

sixteenth day <strong>of</strong> the [month <strong>of</strong> the] Bon-Festival, — they are<br />

wooden Buddhas, — they are metal Buddhas, — they are<br />

Buddhas <strong>of</strong> stone, Buddhas <strong>of</strong> stone<br />

U<br />

!<br />

Bon, Bon, Bon no<br />

Jiu-roku nichi,<br />

O-Emma Sama ye<br />

Macro to shitara,<br />

Zuzu no ga kirete.

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