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Women’s Graphic Talkie Music Sheet (Fujin gahô tôkȋ gakufu) No.8
婦人画報トーキー楽譜第八 パラ・ナタン映画「靴屋の大将」主題歌、わしが里懐かしいぞえ （ワン・ステップ）
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Gotta Have My Old Town (Washiga sato natsukashii zoe):Theme song from the movie "King of the Bootblacks [Le Roi du Cirage]
Women’s Graphic Talkie Music Sheet (Fujin gahô tôkȋ gakufu) No.8
婦人画報トーキー楽譜第八 パラ・ナタン映画「靴屋の大将」主題歌、わしが里懐かしいぞえ （ワン・ステップ）
Designer: Artist unknown, Japanese
Composer: Pearly Fred (French, 1885 – 1972)
Composer: Pierre Chagnon (French, 1893 – 1957)
Lyricist: René Pujol (French, 1887 – 1942)
Lyricist: Charles Louis Pothier (French, 1881 – 1962)
Translator: Hattori Ryūtaro (Japanese, 1900 – 1977)
Publisher: Fujin gahô (Japanese)
Composer: Pearly Fred (French, 1885 – 1972)
Composer: Pierre Chagnon (French, 1893 – 1957)
Lyricist: René Pujol (French, 1887 – 1942)
Lyricist: Charles Louis Pothier (French, 1881 – 1962)
Translator: Hattori Ryūtaro (Japanese, 1900 – 1977)
Publisher: Fujin gahô (Japanese)
Japanese
Shôwa era
1932 (Shôwa 7), July 1
Medium/Technique
Color lithograph; ink on paper
Dimensions
Height x width: 25.9 × 35.2 cm (10 3/16 × 13 7/8 in.) (open)
Height x width: 25.9 × 17.6 cm (10 3/16 × 6 15/16 in.) (closed)
Height x width: 25.9 × 17.6 cm (10 3/16 × 6 15/16 in.) (closed)
Credit Line
Gift of Mary and Robert Levenson
Accession Number2023.1108
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsMusical scores
DescriptionTranslation of lyrics from Japanese, by Kuniko and Kendall Brown:
"I’m just an idler, Who absolutely hates trips.
Bereft is what I feel, When separated from Paris
I get lonesome, And can’t bear it.
There’s nothing like, The city of Paris.
My old village, my friends, They’re so very dear.
My hometown, my people. They’re so very dear.
Travelling from Paris, I’m bereft, totally heartbroken.
Those gas lamps, that metro, They’re so very dear.
My village, my home, They’re so very dear.
That closet, that bed, They’re so very dear.
Becoming an actor in America, Getting stinking rich,
Better than that, That grocery store, that butcher.
They’re so dear.
My village, my home, They’re so very dear."
"I’m just an idler, Who absolutely hates trips.
Bereft is what I feel, When separated from Paris
I get lonesome, And can’t bear it.
There’s nothing like, The city of Paris.
My old village, my friends, They’re so very dear.
My hometown, my people. They’re so very dear.
Travelling from Paris, I’m bereft, totally heartbroken.
Those gas lamps, that metro, They’re so very dear.
My village, my home, They’re so very dear.
That closet, that bed, They’re so very dear.
Becoming an actor in America, Getting stinking rich,
Better than that, That grocery store, that butcher.
They’re so dear.
My village, my home, They’re so very dear."
ProvenanceBy 2019, Mary and Robert Levenson, Belleair, FL; 2023, gift of Mary and Robert Levenson to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 13, 2023)