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8on Songof Chichibu #
Birds,too, fly
Over the mountaintop-
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That cloud-swelling, =o) -- =qthl.-)
C l o u ds w e l l i n g 6:t1S 4trj.
Mount of Chichibu.
Look at the chapped hands
That are trimming charcoalsacks.
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By the time that tlJtt,D+)-* tutt'DP W!\
Your handsare chapped, 6i1a 5r'jj &
Karisakaridge'll be snow-capped.
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All rock-floored;
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Awaiting whom,
Awaiting whom I wonder; 6 i-tS *. te6E
O look, the misty moon rises!
When the moon rises
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High abovethe frame-work
You dance, rdDi-- B,4Dttuffir)
Dancearound the +rcn\e 6i-LE f-+
In many,manya fold.

Chichibu forming a region by itseif in the western extremitv of lhe Musashi

plain. As it is isolaied, this song rotains its local .otor. The song is sung in
the hope and joy of the rich harvesL ot the year at the time of 8or, the festival
of ihe dead, whlch takes place usually in the middle of July- A wooden frame-
vork is reareal on the s.ound, in vhich there sit a chanter and a number of
musicians. Around ihis frame-vo.k, the young and the old of both sexes
pedorm a livly dance. The music consists of a fluie, a biA drum, a small drum,
and slo ra percub"iu.ins n p n r ' b u Ln o s o m , s P n .

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