Lyrics - Romaji
(Japanese folk song)
Zō san zō san
o hana ga nagainone
sōyo kāsan mo
nagainoyo
Zō san zō san
dare ga sukinano
anone kāsan ga
sukinanoyo
English Translation - Elephant
Elephant, elephant,
why is your nose so long?
Yes my mother too,
It’s long.
Elephant, elephant,
who do you like?
You know, mom,
I like her
Japanese – ぞうさん
ぞうさん ぞうさん
おはなが ながいのね
そうよ かあさんも
ながいのよ
ぞうさん ぞうさん
だれが すきなの
あのね かあさんが
すきなのよ
See also
- Country: Japan
- Subject: elephants
- Harmony: I IV V chords
- Meter: 3
- Scale: pentatonic
- Tones: drmsl
- Source: Sing ‘Round the World, Vol 2, Shirley McRae, 1995
YouTube
- PDF of song with chords
- MIDI file
- Listen to the melody
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