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Edo is the historic name for Tokyo. (source)
Lyrics - Romaji
(Folk song from Japan)
Nennen kororiyo o kororiyo
bō ya wa yoi koda nennen shina
bō ya no omamori wa doko e itta
ano yama koete sato e itta
sato no miyage ni nani morōta
dendendaiko ni shō no fue
English Translation – Edo lullaby
Hush-a-bye, Hush-a-bye!
My good baby, Sleep!
Where did my boy’s babysitter go?
Beyond that mountain, back to her home.
As a souvenir from her home, what did you get?
A den-den daiko and a shō flute.
(source)
Japanese – 江戸子守唄
ねんねんころりよ おころりよ
ぼうやはよい子だ ねんねんしな
ぼうやのお守りは どこへ行った
あの山こえて 里へ行った
里のみやげに 何もろうた
でんでん太鼓に 笙の笛
See also
- Country: Japan
- Subject: instruments
- Type: lullaby
- Meter: 4
- Scale: Japanese mode
YouTube
- PDF of song with chords
- MIDI file
- Listen to the melody
