Romaji

Kyou mo tougekou wo suru kodomotachi wa
Aruki na no ni herumetto
Kuruma nante metta ni tooranai no ni
Keikou teepu wo tsuketa herumetto

Kurasu no hanbun ijou ga onaji tokoya
Soshite nokori no hanbun wa okaasan

Saga ni mo yatto saga ni mo gyuudonya ga dekita
Orenji no kanban dakedo namae wa yoshidaya

Maji de yankii ga moteru
Maji de kyamisooru tte nani?
Maji de ari ga dekai
Nazeka shiranai kedo natadekoko ga ima buumu

S-A-G-A saga S-A-G-A saga
Matsuyuki yasuko mo saga
Kouhyou shite nee

Basu ni notte saga no kendou wo hashiru to
Ichimen tanbo darake marude yayoi jidai da
Tatemono to yueba minka shika nai kara
Basutei no namae ga “yamashita san chimae”

Dekakeru toki ni kagi wo kakeru to iu
Shuukan ga saga ni wa nai
Kazoku ryokou kara kaeri genkan wo akeru to
Tonari no obaachan ga shitagi de neteta

Ken ni wa sorezore subarashii kyachikopii ga arun da
Saitama no baai wa “sai no kuni saitama”
Okinawa no baai wa “ikou yo oide yo okinawa”
Na no ni saga no baai wa “saga wo sagasou”
Saga no ningen tottemo negatibu raa

S-A-G-A saga S-A-G-A saga
Makise riho mo saga
Yappa kouhyou shite nee

S-A-G-A saga S-A-G-A saga
Egashira mo saga
Kouhyou suru na

S-A-G-A S-A-G-A oh oh saga ken
S-A-G-A Saga
Kore ga kanashii saga

English

Today, as usual, the kids are walking to and from school
With helmets on
You hardly ever see a car
But they’re wearing helmets with fluorescent tape on*

More than half the class go to the same barber
And the other half get it done by their mothers

Saga, Saga have finally got a gyuudon restaurant
It’s got the orange sign, but it’s a “Yoshidaya"**

The girls go crazy for burnouts
And what’s a camisole, anyway?
Bloody hell, the ants are huge!
And I don’t know why, but Natadecoco*** is huge here now

S-A-G-A, Saga, S-A-G-A, Saga
Matsuyuki Yasuko is from Saga
But she keeps it real quiet

Going down Saga’s main highway on the bus
It’s rice fields as far as the eye can see – it’s just like the Yayoi Era
The only buildings here are houses
So the bus stop is called “Yamashita’s House”

Locking the door when you go out
Is unheard of in Saga
I came home from a family holiday and got in the door
To find the old lady from next door asleep there in her underwear

Each prefecture has its own wonderful slogan
For Saitama it’s “Saitama: A Land Full Of Colour!”
For Okinawa it’s “Let’s Go! Come On Down To Okinawa!”
For Saga it’s “Let’s Find Saga!”
God, those Saga folks are a negative lot!

S-A-G-A, Saga, S-A-G-A, Saga
Makise Riho is from Saga
But you can bet she keeps that quiet!

S-A-G-A, Saga, S-A-G-A, Saga
Egashira is from Saga
Keep it quiet!

S-A-G-A, S-A-G-A, oh, oh, Saga Prefecture
S-A-G-A, Saga
It’s a sad saga