is a 1975 song by

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. She redubbed it in 1993 for her album '' Jidai: Time Goes Around''. A popular cover was also released by

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in 1988. Hayley Westenra translated it and sung it in Hayley Sings Japanese Songs in 2008. An instrumental version was used in the opening credits of

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's series

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. It won the grand prize at the

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in November 1975. It was released as a single in December 1975 and sold over 2 million copies.富澤一誠『フォーク名曲事典300曲〜「バラが咲いた」から「悪女」まで誕生秘話〜』ヤマハミュージックメディア、2007年、361頁。 In 2007 it was included in the ''

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''.

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