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Tooryanse is 通りゃんせ in Japanese.

Singing Game(Japanese)

Pass Through, Pass Through (Tooryanse)Singing Game

(English)Pass through, pass through

Where does this narrow path lead?It is the path to Tenjin ShrinePlease let us pass through

People with no business are usually not allowed through

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This child is now seven years oldWe've come to make our offeringGoing is safe, but not returning

If you are prepared, go through, go through.

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NotesThere's a discussion going on about this song on Mama Lisa's World Blog.Come read more about Tooryanse and a Japanese festival called Shichi-go-san,七五三 ( http://www.mamalisa.com/blog/?p=84) (that has a connection to thissong).

Game InstructionsThis game is similar to London Bridge is Falling Down. Two kids stand face toface, holding hands in the air to form an arch. While singing the song, the otherkids pass under the arch. As long as the song is being sung the kids keep goingaround and under the arch. Whoever is under the arch on the last word of thesong gets "caught" by the two kids who are forming the arch with their arms.The one who is caught now replaces one of the kids who was forming the archand the round continues.

This song can be heard in Japan at crosswalks. The idea is the same as thisgame: it's safe to cross until the music stops!

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Tooryanse Transliteration(Romaji - Tōryanse)

Tooryanse tooryanseKoko ha doko no hosomichi jaTenjin-sama no hosomichi jaChiito tooshite kudashanseGoyou no nai mono toosha senuKonokono nanatsu no oiwai niO fuda wo osame ni mairimasuIkiha yoi yoi kaeriha kowaiKowai nagara mo tooryanse tooryanse.

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Devon Thagard from "Head, Shoulders, Knees and All That(http://simplesongs.blogs.com/head_shoulders_knees_and_/)" sent the followingtranslation and comments. Devon went through the meaning of each word tohelp translate this song into French. We thought his comments about themeanings of the words were interesting to post here:

Tooryanse

Tooryanse (pass through) tooryanse (pass through) (kind of old, regional

Japanese)

Koko (here) wa (is) doko (where) no (possessive marker) hosomichi (narrow path)ja (question inflective) (Here is to where's narrow path?) (Where does this narrowpath lead?)

Tenjin-sama (Tenjin Shrine) no (possessive marker) hosomichi (narrow path) ja (question) (Tenjin Shrine's narrow path?) (Is it the path to Tenjin Shrine?)

Chiito (old, regional japanese meaning little.) For example "tooshite" would be'let us pass through, but prefacing it with Chiito is kind of like saying, 'do youthink you could just kind of let us pass through there?"...People use 'chotto'these days. "Matte" would be 'wait'. "Chotto Matte" would be 'wait a second,just a moment') tooshite (let us pass through) kudashanse (could youplease...honorific)(kind of let us pass through could you please) (could youplease let us pass through?)

Goyou (business, matter) no (object marker) nai (don't have) mono (people, inthis case) toosha senu (can't pass) (business don't have people can't pass)(People with no business can't pass)

Kono (this) ko (child) no ('s) nanatsu (seven) no (possessive marker) oiwai(celebration) ni (to) O (honorific) fuda (offering) wo osame (make) ni (to, in orderto) mairimasu (go)(This child's seventh birthday celebration to offering make in order to go.) (Weare going to make an offering for this child's seventh birthday celebration)

Iki (going) wa (is) yoi (good, safe) yoi (good, safe) kaeri (returning) wa (is) kowai (scary) (Going is good, good...Returning is scary)

Kowai (scary) nagara (though, while) mo (even, like even though) tooryanse (passthrough) tooryanse (pass through) (Scary though even, pass through, passthrough) (Even though it's scary, pass though, pass through.)

Download (http://www.mamalisa.com/mp3/tooryanse_devon.mp3)

Thanks to Devon Thagard for the recording of Tooryanse.

Download (http://www.mamalisa.com/mp3/tooryanse.mp3)

Thanks to Alberto for the 2nd mp3 recording of this song.

Download MIDI Tune(http://www.mamalisa.com/midi/tooryanse.mid)

Please let us know (mailto:lisa@mamalisa.com) if you think this video has been taken down byYouTube.Thanks!

Many thanks to Devon Thagard of Super Simple Songs(http://www.supersimplelearning.com/shop/) for recording this video and tomembers of the Kids English Education Project (KEEP) in Tokyo, Japan, forsinging Tooryanse for Mama Lisa's World in June 2009.

Sheet Music

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Thanks and AcknowledgementsTranslated by Mama Lisa.

Many thanks to Nathan Yeldell for providing the Japanese text, to Devon

Thagard from "Head, Shoulders, Knees and All That(http://simplesongs.blogs.com/head_shoulders_knees_and_/)" and KnockKnock English (http://www.knockknockenglish.com/) (an English school inTokyo) for the in-depth explanation (below) of the words to this song and toMonique Palomares for the midi.

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