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Thread #22219   Message #1245456
Posted By: Q (Frank Staplin)
11-Aug-04 - 11:39 PM
Thread Name: Origins: Japanese folksong 'Sakura'
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Sakura
In the school music books, Sakura appears, with music and two verses in English, one in Japanese, in: Silver Burdett Music Centennial Edition, by Crook, Reimer and Walker, 1985, p. 119. Verses are different from those in ingeb.org (link above).

Sakura

Sakura, Sakura,
Cherry blossoms ev'rywhere.
Clouds of glory fill the sky,
Mist of beauty in the air,
Lovely colors floating by,
Sakura, Sakura,
Let all come singing.

Sakura, Sakura,
Blossoms waving in the breeze.
Yo-shi-no, the cherry land,
Tat-su-ta, the maple trees,
Ka-ra-sa-hi, pine tree grand,
Sakura, Sakura,
Let all come singing.

Sakura, Sakura,
Ya-yo-i no so-ra wa,
Mi-wa-ta-su ka-gi-ri,
Ka-su-mi ka ku-mo-ka,
Ni-o-i zo i-zu-ru;
I-za-ya, i-za-ya
Mi ni yu - kan.

The movements for the Sakura are given on p. 250 of the same volume, with directions for arm and eye movements, and spreading of kimono sleeve. Dashes in the above are to aid syllabication.