Chugoku Region Lullaby ( ja, 中国地方の子守唄 or ''chūgoku chihō no komoriuta'') is a traditional folk song in
Okayama Prefecture
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,
Chugoku region, Japan, and is a well known Japanese cradle song.
General
The song is best known by the arrangement by
Kosaku Yamada that was made in 1938.
Chugoku Chiho no komoriuta
(Its story, lyrics and music score) An instrumental version, played on a harp, historically marked the end of transmission at night on RCC, broadcasting to Hiroshima Prefecture
is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Chūgoku region of Honshu. Hiroshima Prefecture has a population of 2,811,410 (1 June 2019) and has a geographic area of 8,479 km² (3,274 sq mi). Hiroshima Prefecture borders Okayama ...
. Up until 1987, a violin version was used on Sanyo Broadcasting, in Okayama and Kagawa, also signalling the end of daily programming. During the shutdown
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of analog television
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in Japan on 24 July 2011, RCC played the song for the final time on the station's analog signal shortly before the station switched off its analog transmitters.
Lyrics
Japanese
ねんねこ しゃっしゃりませ
寝た子の 可愛さ
起きて 泣く子の
ねんころろ つらにくさ
ねんころろん ねんころろん
ねんねこ しゃっしゃりませ
きょうは 二十五日さ
あすは この子の
ねんころろ 宮詣り
ねんころろん ねんころろん
宮へ 詣った時
なんと言うて 拝むさ
一生 この子の
ねんころろ まめなように
ねんころろん ねんころろん
Romanized Japanese
Nenneko shasshari mase,
Neta ko no kawaisa.
Okite naku ko no
Nenkororo, tsura nikusa.
Nenkororon, nenkororon.
Nenneko shasshari mase,
Kyō wa nijūgo-nichi sa.
Asu wa kono ko no,
Nenkororo, Miya-mairi.
Nenkororon, nenkororon.
Miya e maitta toki,
Nan to yūte ogamu sa.
Issho kono ko no,
Nenkororo, mame na yō ni.
Nenkororon, nenkororon.
English translation
Hushabye, sleep!
How cute is the face of the baby fallen asleep,
The baby who is awake and cries,
Hushabye, how hateful his face looks!
Hushabye!
Hushabye, sleep!
Today is the 25th day of his birth.
Tomorrow we will go,
Hushabye, to the shrine,
Hushabye!
Arriving at the shrine,
what will you pray for?
Through his life, may he be,
Hushabye, healthy!
Hushabye!
See also
* Lullaby
A lullaby (), or cradle song, is a soothing song or piece of music that is usually played for (or sung to) children (for adults see music and sleep). The purposes of lullabies vary. In some societies they are used to pass down cultural knowled ...
* Folk song
Folk music is a music genre that includes #Traditional folk music, traditional folk music and the Contemporary folk music, contemporary genre that evolved from the former during the 20th-century folk revival. Some types of folk music may be c ...
* Other Japanese lullabies: Edo Lullaby
Edo Lullaby ( ja, 江戸子守唄 or Edo komoriuta) is a traditional Japanese cradle song. It originated in Edo, was propagated to other areas, and is said to be the roots of the Japanese lullabies.
Lyrics
Japanese
ねんねんころりよ ...
, Itsuki Lullaby Itsuki Lullaby (in ja, 五木の子守唄 ') is a lullaby known widely in Japan, and is a folk song representative of Itsuki Village, Kuma District, Kumamoto Prefecture, on Kyūshū Island.
Lyrics
There are the most common version and the origin ...
, Takeda Lullaby
"Takeda Lullaby" ( ja, 竹田の子守唄 or Takeda no komoriuta) is a popular Japanese cradle song. It originated in Takeda, Fushimi, Kyoto.
Background
The song has long been sung by the people in the ''burakumin'' areas of Kyoto and Osaka ...
, etc.
References
External links
Chugoku Region Lullaby
(A men's chorus, YouTube)
Region Lullaby
(Played by the Japanese zither, YouTube)
Lullabies
Japanese folk songs
Japanese children's songs
Okayama Prefecture
Chūgoku region
Songwriter unknown
Year of song unknown
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