Edo Komoriuta

Sheet of music

Edo Komoriuta or Edo no Komoriuta ( Japanese 江戸 (の) 子守唄 ) is a Japanese lullaby ( komoriuta ) from Edo , the old name of Tokyo ( audio sample ^?^/^I ).

The song comes from the Edo period and spread from the capital Edo all over the country. It is the origin of the Japanese lullabies and according to Nihon Komoriuta Kyōkai ( NPO 法人日本子守唄協会 , NPO hōjin ~ , " NPO Japanese Lullaby Society") there are around 3000 variants of the song nationwide.

In 2007, the Office for Cultural Affairs, in cooperation with the umbrella organization of parent representatives ( 日本 PTA 全国協議会 , Nihon PTA Zenkoku Kyōgikai ) put together a selection of 100 songs that are sung by children and parents. The Edo Komoriuta was included in it at number 15.

melody

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text

Due to its nature as a traditional folk song, there are a variety of text variations. One from Tokyo Prefecture is the following:

Japanese	transcription	translation
ねんねんころりよおころりよ坊やはよい子だねんねしなねんねのおもりはどこへ行たあの山こえて里へ行た里のみやげになにもろたでんでん太鼓に笙の笛起きゃあがり小法師に振り鼓起きゃあがりに小法師振り鼓	Call korori yo, okorori yo. Bōya wa yoi ko da, call it shina. Name no omori wa, doko e itta. Ano yama koete, sato e itta. Sato no miyage ni, nani morota. Denden daiko ni, shō no fue. Okyāgari koboshi ni, furi tsuzumi . Okyāgari koboshi ni, furi tsuzumi.	Sleep kid sleep! You are a good kid, so sleep. Where did the nanny go? Behind the mountains, she went home. What will you get as a present from their homeland? A toy drum and a flute. A stand-up man and a rattle drum . A stand-up man and a rattle drum.

Web links

Audio sample (from 0:02:04) on YouTube channel of Nihon Komoriuta Kyōkai

Individual evidence

↑ Miyoko Ogiwara: 「江戸子守歌」についての一考察 . In: The bulletin of Musashino Junior College . tape 2 , 1985, ISSN 0288-8025 , pp. 51-60 .
↑ ^a ^b 江戸の子守唄 - 東京都民謡（楽譜） . NPO 法人日本子守唄協会 , accessed November 16, 2012 (Japanese).
↑ 親子で歌いつごう日本の歌百選 . Bunka-chō , 2007, archived from the original on March 6, 2015 ; Retrieved November 16, 2012 (Japanese).

[1] Miyoko Ogiwara: 「江戸子守歌」についての一考察 . In: The bulletin of Musashino Junior College . tape 2 , 1985, ISSN 0288-8025 , pp. 51-60 .

[komoriuta.jp-2] 江戸の子守唄 - 東京都民謡（楽譜） . NPO 法人日本子守唄協会 , accessed November 16, 2012 (Japanese).

[3] 親子で歌いつごう日本の歌百選 . Bunka-chō , 2007, archived from the original on March 6, 2015 ; Retrieved November 16, 2012 (Japanese).