Tanko Bushi (Coal Miner Song) - Folk Song from Fukuoka Prefecture

 
Tsuki ga deta deta tsuki ga deta
Uchi no oyama no ueni deta
Anmari entotsu ga takai node
Sazoya otsukisama kemutakaro
Sano yoi yoi
 
 
Anata ga sonoki de yuno nara
Omoi kiri masu wakare masu
Moto no musume no juhachi ni
Kaeshite kure tara wakare masu
Sano yoi yoi
 
 
Osatsu o makura ni neru yori mo
Tsuki ga sashikomu barak ku de
Nushi no kaina ni honnorito
Watasha dakare te kurashitai
Sano yoi yoi
Here comes the moon,
Over our mountain.
Is the chimney too high?
I wonder if smoke stings the moon,
Ah, Ah
 
 
If you want to leave me,
I'll give you up, let you go
If replace me in my youth,
I'll leave you,
Ah, Ah.
 
 
Then I will sleep with a pillow full of money,
I prefer to sleep in the barracks where the moon shines in
With my darling, holding me his arms,
I want to have such a life,
Ah,Ah

 

Source: Japanese Music of Hawaii, Club Nisei CD available from Cord International : www.cordinternational.com - A bon dance favorite Translated by Yoko Nuuhiwa