DESCRIPTION:
Traditional Japanese Hokkaido fisherman song by Ensemble Nipponia from the album "Music From The Japanese Geisha".

An excerpt from "Sōran Bushi"

Rōmaji :

Yāren sōran sōran
Sōran sōran sōran (hai hai!)
Oki de kamome no naku koe kikeba
Funanori kagyō wa yamerarenu choi

CHORUS (AKA - kakegoe)
Yasa e en ya sa dokkoisho
(a dokkoisho, dokkoisho!)

Yāren sōran...
Oyaji tairyō da mukashi to chigau
toreta nishin wa ore no mono choi

Yāren sōran...
Ichi-jō-go-shaku no ro o kogu fune mo
horeta ano go nya te mo choi

Yāren sōran...
Tama no suhada ga shibuki ni nurerya
uwaki kamome ga mite sawagu choi


English Translation:

Oh!!! Lader, Lader, Lader
climb, climb, climb. (Oh, yeah!)
When we hear the jabbering of seagulls on the high seas,
we know we can't give up our fishing lives on the ocean.

CHORUS
Put your backs into it! Heave, ho! Heave, ho!
(Heave, ho! Heave, ho!)

Oh!!! lader...
Boss, I tell you, the size of this catch of herring
is different from all the others. And it's all MINE.

Oh!!! lader...
Even if I row four and a half metres,
I couldn't get that girl's attention.

Oh!!! lader...
A flighty seagull twitters in excitement
As it sees my bare skin, glistening with ocean surf.

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