Edo Lullaby ( ja, 江戸子守唄 or Edo komoriuta) is a traditional Japanese cradle song. It originated in
Edo
Edo ( ja, , , "bay-entrance" or "estuary"), also romanized as Jedo, Yedo or Yeddo, is the former name of Tokyo.
Edo, formerly a ''jōkamachi'' (castle town) centered on Edo Castle located in Musashi Province, became the ''de facto'' capital of ...
, 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 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。
Romanized Japanese
Nen, nen korori yo, Okorori yo.
Bōya wa yoi koda, Nenneshina~
Bōya no omori wa, Doko e itta?
Ano yama koete, sato e itta.
Sato no miyagē ni, nani morōta?
Denden taiko ni, shō no fue.
English translation
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 toy drum and a shō flute.
See also
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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 ...
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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:
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 ...
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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 ...
,
Chūgoku Region Lullaby, etc.
References
External links
Edo no komoriuta(A Hundred Lullabies in Japanese, in Japan Society of Lullabies' home page)
* (Played on the guitar)
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Lullabies
Edo
Japanese folk songs
Song articles with missing songwriters
Year of song unknown
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