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Edo No Temari Uta II
(Edo Temari Song II)
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Romaji by Project Hello
Another one with heaps of references!
Romaji Hiiya fuuya miiya youya Edo no meibutsu kaji ni kenka ni Kaji da kaji da kaji wa chikai Edo no hikeshi wa irohashijuuhachi Senryou bako ga zusshiri omoi Hiiya fuuya miiya youya |
English One, two, three, four The Edo Period is famous for fires and fights Fire, fire, the fire is getting closer The Edo fire brigade was divided into the 48 Iroha units** Senryo-bako**** are back-breakingly heavy One, two, three, four |
*There were a huge number of shops and businesses called Iseya in the Edo Period – so many that people apparently really do say that the Edo Period’s biggest things were fires, fights, Iseya, Inari and dog poop.
**Iroha was the alphabet used at the time. So the fire brigade was divided into 48 units according to that.
***An instrument used by Edo firefighters, consisting of a box of water and a pump to spray it at the fire.
****A sturdy money chest, like a safe, that wealthy merchants stored large sums of money in.