Takeda Lullaby (Japanese: 竹田の子守唄 or Takeda no komoriuta) is a popular Japanese cradle song. It originated in Takeda, Fushimi, Kyoto.

Contents 1 General 2 Lyrics 2.1 Japanese 2.2 Romanized Japanese 2.3 English translation 3 See also 4 External links

[edit] General

This song has long been sung among the people in the burakumin areas of Kyoto and Osaka in a slightly different form for a long time. During the 1960s, it was picked up as a theme song by the Buraku Liberation League, particularly its branch at Takeda.

In 1969, the folk song singing group Akai Tori made this song popular, and their single record, recorded in 1971, became a million seller in three years. The song has also an additional history that NHK and other major Japanese broadcasting networks refrained from broadcasting it because it is related to the burakumin activities, but this ban was stopped during the 1990s.

[edit] Lyrics

[edit] Japanese 守も嫌がる　盆から先にゃ 雪もちらつくし　子も泣くし 盆が来たとて　何嬉しかろ 帷子は無し　帯は無し この子よう泣く　守をばいじる 守も一日　痩せるやら 早よも行きたや　この在所越えて 向こうに見えるは　親の家 向こうに見えるは　親の家

[edit] Romanized Japanese Mori mo iyagaru, Bon kara saki-nya Yuki mo chiratsuku-shi, Ko mo naku-shi Bon ga kita-tote, Nani ureshi-karo Katabira wa nashi, Obi wa nashi Kono ko you naku, Mori wo ba ijiru Mori mo ichi-nichi, Yaseru-yara Hayo-mo yuki-taya, Kono zaisho koete Mukou ni mieru wa, Oya no uchi Mukou ni mieru wa, Oya no uchi

[edit] English translation I would hate baby-sitting beyond Bon Festival, The snow begins to fall, and the baby cries. How can I be happy even when Bon Festival is here? I don't have nice clothes or a belt to wear. This child continues to cry and is mean to me. I get thinner because the baby cries all day. I would quickly quit here and go back To my parents' home over there, To my parents' home over there.

[edit] See also

• Lullaby
• Folk song
• Other Japanese lullabies: Itsuki Lullaby, Edo Lullaby, Chugoku Region Lullaby, Shimabara Lullaby, etc.

[edit] External links

• Takeda Lullaby (in Japanese)
• Takeda Lullaby (Lyrics with Japanese translation)
• Takeda Lullaby (Music score)
• Takeda Lullaby (MIDI music)

• Junko Yamamoto sings Takeda no komoriuta (1997, YouTube)
• Baby-sitter song of Taketa (YouTube)
• Lullaby of Takeda (Played by the ocarina, YouTube)

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