Edo no Temari Uta II 江戸の手毬唄Ⅱ "Edo Handball Song II" °C-ute [ °c-ute || index ] Edo no Temari Uta II Regular Edition Edo no Temari Uta II First Press Edition
  Lyrics: Yoshioka Osamu 作詞:吉岡治  
Umeda Erika Yajima Maimi Arihara Kanna Nakajima Saki
Suzuki Airi Okai Chisato Hagiwara Mai
Composition: Uzaki Ryudou 作曲:宇崎竜童
Arrangement: Kawabata Ryousei 編曲:川端良征
Postscript: Romaji, translation, and color-coding by Hana.
Translator's Note:This song is packed full of references to events/things relating to old Tokyo (a.k.a. Edo, hence the name of the song). There are really just too many to explain here, unfortunately.
S-JIS ROMAJI TRANSLATION
ひいやふうや みいやようや
いつむうななやあ ここのつとう
手まりころげて どこへ行く

江戸の名物 火事に喧嘩に
伊勢屋に稲荷に 犬の糞
振袖火事は 本妙寺
恋の執念 恐ろしや
晴着が火を噴き とんだそな

火事だ火事だ 火事は近い
庵のそばまで 延焼中
芭蕉飛び込む 水の音

江戸の火消しは いろは四十八
櫓で半鐘が ジャンと鳴りゃ
炎に纏の 男伊達
頼りないのは 竜吐水
名前に負けてる 水鉄砲

千両箱が ズッシリ重い
泥棒家業の だいご味だ
月に吠えたら おっこちた

ひいやふうや みいやようや
いつむうななやあ ここのつとう
ひいやふうや みいやようや
いつむうななやあ ここのつとう
とんと首尾よく つき上がり
Hiiya fuuya miiya youya
Itsu muu nana yaa kokonotsu tou
Temari korogete doko e yuku

Edo no meibutsu kaji ni kenka ni
Iseya ni Inari ni inu no fun
Furisode kaji wa Honmyouji
Koi no shuunen osoroshiya
Haregi ga hi wo fuki tondaso na

Kaji da kaji da kaji wa chikai
Iori no soba made enshouchuu
Bashou tobikomu mizu no oto

Edo no hikeshi wa Irohashijuuhachi
Yagura de hanshou ga JAN to narya
Honoo ni matoi no otokodate
Tayorinai no wa ryuudosui
Namae ni maketeru mizudeppou

Senryoubako ga ZUSSHIRI omoi
Dorobou kagyou no daigomi da
Tsuki ni hoetara okkochita

Hiiya fuuya miiya youya
Itsu muu nana yaa kokonotsu tou
Hiiya fuuya miiya youya
Itsu muu nana yaa kokonotsu tou
Ton to shubi yoku tsukiagari
1, 2, 3, 4,
5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
Where will the ball go when you throw it?

Edo's specialties are fires, fights,
Iseya, Inari and dog poop
The Furisode fire was at Honmyouji
The tenacity of love is terrible
The sleeves of her best kimono fanned the flames and they flew up

It's a fire, it's a fire, the fire is getting close
It's even spreading to the side of the retreat
Bashou jumps in and there's the sound of water

Edo's firemen follow the Irohashijuuhachi style
The fire bell resounds in the scaffolding
The chivalrous men gather at the blaze
What we can't depend on are the water pumps
They lose to their own name, they're just water pistols

The box of 1000 ryou is incredibly heavy;
They're the epitome of professional theivery
I cried at the moon and fell to my knees

1, 2, 3, 4,
5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
1, 2, 3, 4,
5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
I successfully toss the ball with a thud