Songs for Children Sung in Japan/Yonder Mountain

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Songs for Children Sung in Japan (1940)
translated by Yukuo Uyehara

Yonder Mountain by Hakushū Kitahara

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4643815Songs for Children Sung in Japan — Yonder MountainYukuo UyeharaHakushū Kitahara

Yonder Mountain

Hakushū Kitahara

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When I look o’er yonder mountain,
I long for that mountain;
I long for the village.

O, azure skies o’er yonder mountain!
Why goes the setting sun
So far, far away?

O, the old village o’er yonder mountain!
I long for that sky;
I long for mother!