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Shôchiku Cinema Music Sheet (Shôchiku kinema gakufu) No. 13
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That's O.K.(Zattsu ôkē)
Shôchiku Cinema Music Sheet (Shôchiku kinema gakufu) No. 13
Designer: Artist unknown, Japanese
Composer: Columbia Literary Arts Department
Lyricist: Hata Kôichi (Japanese, 1886 – 1957)
Publisher: Shôchiku kinema gakufu shuppan sha (Japanese)
Composer: Columbia Literary Arts Department
Lyricist: Hata Kôichi (Japanese, 1886 – 1957)
Publisher: Shôchiku kinema gakufu shuppan sha (Japanese)
Japanese
Shôwa era
1930 (Shôwa 5), November, 15
Medium/Technique
Color lithograph; ink on paper
Dimensions
Height x width: 30.2 × 22.4 cm (11 7/8 × 8 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mary and Robert Levenson
Accession Number2023.1114
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsMusical scores
DescriptionTranslation of lyrics from Japanese, by Kuniko and Kendall Brown:
“That’s O.K.
After all we can’t help seeing each other
When that feeling comes for a couple,
We can hardly wait till tomorrow
Let’s part with such feelings
(chorus) Isn’t it good? Isn't it good, swear to me,
‘OK, OK, That’s OK.’
Why would I tell you any lies
Now that I’m totally yours
Don’t make a sad ending
Preserve these endless dreamy days
(chorus)
After so much of that crying
Flattery is the habit
Fretfully move to the light
A smiling face in a swaying mirror
(chorus)
If somebody ignorant of the situation
Begins to gossip, don’t listen to it
In a world with nothing to trust
Our love is the only thing to trust
(chorus)."
“That’s O.K.
After all we can’t help seeing each other
When that feeling comes for a couple,
We can hardly wait till tomorrow
Let’s part with such feelings
(chorus) Isn’t it good? Isn't it good, swear to me,
‘OK, OK, That’s OK.’
Why would I tell you any lies
Now that I’m totally yours
Don’t make a sad ending
Preserve these endless dreamy days
(chorus)
After so much of that crying
Flattery is the habit
Fretfully move to the light
A smiling face in a swaying mirror
(chorus)
If somebody ignorant of the situation
Begins to gossip, don’t listen to it
In a world with nothing to trust
Our love is the only thing to trust
(chorus)."
ProvenanceBy 2019, Mary and Robert Levenson, Belleair, FL; 2023, gift of Mary and Robert Levenson to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 13, 2023)