Pigeon coo, coo (hato poppo Japanese Children’s Song)
Japanese Children’s Song
はと ぽっぽ
ぽっ ぽっ ぽ
はと ぽっぽ
まめが ほしいか
そら やるぞ
みんなで なかよく
たべにこい
ぽっ ぽっ ぽ
はと ぽっぽ
まめは うまいか
たべたなら
いちどに そろって
とんでゆけ
pop pop po
hato poppo
mamega hoshiika
sora yaruzo
minnnade nakayoku
tabenikoi
pop pop po
hato poppo
mameha umaika
tabetanara
ichidoni sorotte
tonndeyuke
Pigeon Coo Coo
Coo, Coo Coo
Pigeon coo, coo
If you like beans
Come down
Let’s eat altogether
Coo, Coo Coo
Pigeon coo, coo
If the beans are delicious
Eat one and fly away
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We learned this song in second grade, 1959.
“Hata Popo…Hata Popo; …Popo, Popo come play as you sing. From the temple roof tops fly-y-y down to me. Maw may I give to you so fly-y-y down to me. Popo, Popo come play as you sing…