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A Japanese miscellany - University of Oregon

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Songs <strong>of</strong> <strong>Japanese</strong> Children 20?<br />

on their way to the writing-school ; — if you vex them, you<br />

will certainly be beaten with copy-books." — Now, now I<br />

have lent you one kwan [ i. e., I have struck the ball one<br />

hundred times ! ] ^<br />

; ; ; ; ; ; ;<br />

[Province <strong>of</strong>Echi^en.)<br />

Hitotsu, hiita mame, —<br />

Ko ni shita mame<br />

Futatsu, funda mame,—<br />

Tsubureta mame<br />

Mitsu, miso-mame, —<br />

Fukureta mame<br />

Yotsu, yotta mame, —<br />

Kirei na mame<br />

—<br />

Itsutsu, itta mame", —<br />

Hara-kitta mame<br />

Mutsu, murota mame, —<br />

Tokushita mame<br />

Nanatsu, natta mame,<br />

Saya-tsuki mame<br />

Yatsu, yatta mame, —<br />

Son-shita mame<br />

Kokonotsu, kota mame, —<br />

Zeni-dashita mame<br />

The ancient kwan was worth looo cash, — or mon. Its value was<br />

therefore about the same as that <strong>of</strong> the dollar <strong>of</strong> loo cents.

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