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Come Come Sparrow

This song is given as a masquerade song in Tanabe’s Folksongs of Kuma; it is also given in Gesammelte Werke der Welt Musik as a foundation pounding song.

82

Chuchu[1] ke manju[2] kashiu Natane no mi kashu Yagate daikon-bana no Mi wo kuwasho

Come, come, sparrow— I’ll give you some cake, I’ll give you rape-seed, Then I’ll give you radish seeds to eat.

During the Day

83

Hiru wa tango tango no no no dokkoi Oke no wa wo shimuru Yoru wa Shōsama no Koshi shimuru

During the day the pail, the pail— Put the hoop on the bucket; At night. Tighten the waist of Shō-sama.[3]

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1. A local term for sparrow.
2. For: manjū.
3. The idea is that during the day a bucketmaker puts hoops on buckets, while at night he tightens the waist of (hugs) Shō-sama.