A Japanese miscellany - University of Oregon

226 Japanese. Miscellany
mfuroshiki} their number cannot be told. So much hav-
ing been done for you, when you are given as a bride,
remember that if you be divorced, you must never in your
Even
life come back to this house I — Ah, mother I
cruel of you I
that
is too
the ship that is freighted with a
thousand koku of rice returns to port if the fair wind
changes.
(Tokyo Lullaby.)
Senjo zashiki no
Karakami sodachi
Botchama mo yoi ko ni
Naru toki wa,
Jimen wo fuyashite,
Kura tatete,
Kura no tonari ni
Matsu uete,
Matsu no tonari ni
Take uete,
Take no tonari ni
Ume uet^,
Ume no ko-eda ni
Suzu sagete, —
Sono suzu chara-chara
Naru toki wa,
^ Small presents are usually wrapped in a square piece of cotton or
silk before being sent ; and this wrapper, much resembling a large
handkerchief, is called n/urosbiku
!