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72	Shonga odori wa Dete mite narota Kuni no miyage ni Shuja naika Dokkoi sho shonga e	The shonga dance— Came out, saw and learned— For souvenir of the county Let’s make it.
73	Shonga baba sama Meizan suki desu[1] Yumbe[2] kokonotsu Kesa nanatsu Yumbe[3] kokonotsu nya Shokusho wa senedo Kesa wa nanatsu ni Shokusho sh’ta Dokkoi sho shonga e	Shonga old lady Likes meizan cakes. Last night nine, This morning seven.[4] Last night’s nine Indigestion did not give, This morning’s seven Indigestion gave.
74	Shonga-batake[5] no Mannaka goto de Sekida kurya[6] chute[7] Damasareta Sekida kurya[6] chute[7] Damashimashita ga Ima wa sekida no Sata mo naka[8]	In the middle Of the ginger field[9] The slipper he promised.[10] I’ve been fooled— The slipper he promised. I’m fooled indeed— Now the slipper He doesn’t even mention.

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   Or:

   Shonga basan wa Yaki-mochi suki de gozaru

   Shonga old woman Likes roasted mochi.

   Both these variants may have the second meaning of the old woman likes copulation, so that last night’s nine connections she survived, but this morning’s seven were too much for her.

2. From yūbe.
3. Or: yūbe no.
4. “She had” is understood.
5. Here shonga must mean ginger, but if shonga is also a refrain term as Kodera claims, then we have here a typical play on sound as well.
6. From kureyō.
7. Or: chote from to itte.
8. Or: nashi.
9. “We made love” is understood.
10. As a sign of betrothal.