Old children's songs of Japan 童謡
♪ 青い目の人形 A blue-eyed doll
青い眼をしたお人形は
アメリカ生れのセルロイド
日本の港へついたとき
いっぱい涙を浮かべてた
わたしは言葉がわからない
迷子になったらなんとしょう
やさしい日本の嬢ちゃんよ
仲よく遊んでやっとくれ
仲よく遊んでやっとくれ
A blue-eyed doll.
It is the celluloid doll made in the United States.
When she arrived at the port town in Japan, she had full tears in her eyes.
"I do not understand Japanese."
"I may become a missing child. What should I do?"
She said to the Japanese daughter who seems to be kind.
"Please make friends with me.Please play with me."
♪ どんぐりころころ
The acorn rolls round and round
どんぐりころころ
どんぶりこ
お池にはまってさあ大変
どじょうが出て来て
こんにちは
ぼっちゃん一緒に
遊びましょう
どんぐりころころ
よろこんで
しばらく一緒に遊んだが
やっぱりお山が恋しいと
泣いてはどじょうを困らせた
An acorn rolls round and round.The acorn fell into the pond. The acorn is a serious situation. Then, the loach came and it greeted the acorn.
"Hello, Let's play with me."
The loach pleased the acorn.
And the acorn rolled over.
They were playing for a while.
The acorn thought that it would like to return to a mountain. The acorn became homesickness and cried. The loach has been troubled.
