Lyrics - Rōmaji
(Japanese folk song)
Ho ho hotaru koi
atchi-no mizu-wa nigai-zo
kotchi-no mizu-wa amai-zo
ho ho hotaru koi
English Translation – Come Firefly
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
See also
- Country: Japan
- Subject: insects
- Harmony: chords i & v
- Meter: 2
- Scale: tetratonic
- Tones: mslt
- Source: Share the Music Grade 6, MacMillan McGraw-Hill, 1995, p. 333
YouTube
- PDF of song with chords
- MIDI file
- Listen to the melody
