Tuija:

Interesting!

As you know, some Japanese think of these songs as Japanese ones. For example, Comin' Through The Rye is known as "Sky of Hometown". The lyrics are completele different from original ones. I hope you not only to compare the lyrics themselves, but to find out how the songs came to Japan, and why the lyrics were so much changed. Some of the songs were introduced during World War II. Anyway, you must study Japanese history! I do not know all these songs, but if you tell me Japanese titles (in Romaji or Kanji/Kana), it may be easy to find original lyrics. I have songbooks in which lyrics are written in Japanese and original languages.

With regard

Teru (Nagoya, Japan)