Nanatsu no Ko facts for kids

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Quick facts for kids "七つの子"
Song
Language	Japanese
English title	"Nanatsu no Ko"
Published	July 1921
Genre	Children's song
Composer(s)	Nagayo Motoori
Lyricist(s)	Ujō Noguchi

Nanatsu no Ko (七つの子, lit. Seven children, or Seven baby crows, The crow's seven chicks) is a popular Japanese children's song with lyrics written by Ujō Noguchi (野口雨情 Noguchi Ujō) and composed by Nagayo Motoori (本居長世 Motoori Nagayo). Published in Kin no fune (The golden ship) magazine in July 1921. Nanatsu no ko is used as the departure melody at Isohara Station in Kitaibaraki and also as 6 p.m bell in Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology at Nomi, Ishikawa.

Lyrics

Japanese	Romanization	English translation
烏なぜ啼くの烏は山に可愛い七つの子があるからよ可愛可愛と烏は啼くの可愛　可愛と啼くんだよ山の古巣へ行って見て御覧丸い眼をしたいい子だよ	Karasu naze nakuno Karasu wa yama ni Kawai nanatsu no Ko ga aru kara yo Kawai kawai to Karasu wa nakuno Kawai kawai to Nakundayo Yama no fuurusu e Itte mite goran Marui me o shita Iiko da yo	Mother crow, why do you squawk so? Because high on the mountain I have seven cute children. "Cute, cute," This mother crow sings. "Cute, cute," Cries the mother crow. You should behold the old nest On the mountain. And there you'll see such Round-eyed, good children.

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