162 Shadowings 



AGEMAKI 



(Old lyrical drama date uncertain) 



Agemaki l wo 

 Waseda ni yarite ya ! 

 So omou to, 

 So omou to, 

 So omou to, 

 So omou to, 

 So omou to, 



So omou to, 

 Nani-mo sezushite, 

 Harubi sura, 

 Harubi sura, 

 Harubi sura, 

 Harubi sura, 

 Harubi sura ! 



My darling boy ! 



Oh ! they have sent him to the ricefields ! 

 When I think about him, 

 When I think, 

 When I think, 



1 It was formerly the custom to shave the heads of boys, leaving 

 only a tuft or lock of hair on either temple. Such a lock was called 

 agemaki, a word also meaning " tassel " ; and eventually the term 

 came to signify a boy or lad. In these songs it is used as a term of 

 endearment, much as an English girl might speak of her sweetheart 

 as " my dear lad," or " my darling boy." 



