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A Japanese miscellany - University of Oregon

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Songs <strong>of</strong> <strong>Japanese</strong> Children 221<br />

Sleep, little one !<br />

—<br />

Naze ni o-mimi ga<br />

O-nagai ne ?<br />

Okkasan no<br />

O-naka ni,<br />

Ita toki ni,<br />

Biwa no mi,<br />

Sasa no mi,<br />

Tabemashit^ —<br />

;<br />

Sore de o-mimi ga<br />

O-nagai yo !<br />

pleasantly sleep ! —<br />

^<br />

Why are the ears<br />

<strong>of</strong> the hare <strong>of</strong> the Hill <strong>of</strong> Nennen so honorably long ?<br />

When he was in his mother's honorable womb, she ate the<br />

fruits <strong>of</strong> the loquat, the seeds <strong>of</strong> the small bamboo : there-<br />

fore his honorable ears are thus honorably long I<br />

(Province <strong>of</strong> Setlsu.)<br />

Nenne ! Koro Tclii ! -<br />

Temma no ichi yo !<br />

Daikon soroete,<br />

Fune ni tsumu.<br />

Fune ni tsundara<br />

An Izumo version <strong>of</strong> this lullaby will be found in Glimpses <strong>of</strong> Unfamiliar<br />

japan, — p. 609. The Izumo version is more interesting. —<br />

There are several Tokyo versions.

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