A Japanese miscellany - University of Oregon

Songs of Japanese Children 203
Ham to nagamete ; —
Ume ni uguisu
" Ho-Ho-H6keky6 " to saezuru.
Asu wa Gion no
Niken chaya de,
Koto ya samisen
Hayashi tenten
Temari-uta,
" Uta no Nakayama "
Chiyo go ni go-jiu de
Chiyo roku — roku — roku,
Chiyo shichi — shichi — shichi,
Chiyo hachi— hachi — hachi,
Chiyo ku ni ku-jiu de
Chotto hyaku tsuita.
One, two, three, four ! — in each of the four directions
gazing, everywhere the signs of spring are seen. On the
plum-tree the nightingale sings Ho-Ho-HokSkjid?- Tomorrow
in the two tea-houses of Gion-street, with accompaniment
of koto and samisen — ting-ting ! — will be sung
the hand-ball songs, and the song called " Uta no Nakayama."
. . . Thus making fifty and five chj/o.^ . . . Chijio, six—
six — six ! Chij/o, seven— seven — seven ! Chiyo, eight
^ With regard to the cry of the uguisu, see the preceding paper on
Buddhist nomenclature.
ten.
' Chiyo is here the same as cho, meaning the even number, or full
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