Hotaru Koi

Lyrics

Ho ho hotaru koi
atchi-no mizu-wa nigai-zo
kotchi-no mizu-wa amai-zo
ho ho hotaru koi

Japanese – ほたるこい

ほ ほ ほたる こい
あっちの みずは にがいぞ
こっちの みずは あまいぞ
ほ ほ ほたる こい

Translation – Come Firefly

Fly, fly, firefly, come
The water over there tastes bitter
The water over here tastes sweeter
Fly, fly, firefly, come

See also

• Japanese folk songs
• Songs about insects
• Minor / modal songs
• Source – Share the Music Grade 6, MacMillan McGraw-Hill, 1995, p. 333

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