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Thread #33746   Message #451756
Posted By: Haruo
29-Apr-01 - 06:59 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Ora wa sinzimatta da (Japanese pop song)
Subject: Ora wa sinzimatta da (Japanese pop song)
When I was a kid in Japan there was a popular song I heard all the time that began "Ora wa shinjimatta da" and Japanese folks always get a kick out of my singing it to them. Problem is, I only remember some of it. Anybody know where I can find the rest (my attempts at web searches have been unsuccessful, and anyway I don't know how to search in Japanese)? Here's what I recall, in Hepburn romanization:

Ora wa shinjimatta da [ = I died ]
Ora wa shinjimatta da
Ora wa shinjimatta da
Tengoku ni itta da [ = and went to heaven ]
Tengoku yoi toko ichido wa ooi de [ = heaven's a good place but once is enough ]
[missing line, 8 syllables]
Neechan was kirei na [ = big sister (i.e. the waitress) is pretty ]
Wa wa wa wa

The next verse starts
Kowai Kamisama ga [ = Scary God ]
but that's as far as my memory goes. It was very popular in 1967-68, when I was in 6th/7th grades in Tokyo public schools.

Liland

PS Also looking for short, simple songs in Indonesian