A Japanese miscellany - University of Oregon

222 Japanese Miscellany
Doko-made ikiyaru ?
Kizu ya Namba no
Hashi no shita.
Hashi no shita ni wa
O-kame ga iyaru
O-kame toritaya,
Take hoshiya
Take ga hoshikerya,
Takeya e ikiyare ;
Take wa nandemo
Gozarimasu !
Sleep, child ! Fair-time is coming. Oh I the fair of
Temma — ! The ends of the radishes having been evenly
trimmed, the ship is loaded. Having been laden, where
will the ship go ? — Under the Bridge of Kizu, and under the
Bridge of Namba. — Under those bridges live many honorable
tortoises. Honorable tortoises 1 want to catch I —
I want a bamboo-pole. — If you wish for a bamboo-pole,
go to the bamboo-shop. In that bamboo-shop all kinds of
bamboos augustly exist.
( Tokyo.)
O-Tsuki Sama, ikutsu ?
Jiu-san, nanatsu.
Mada toshi waka y^
Ano ko wo unde,
Kono ko wo unde,
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