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Shôchiku Harmonica Special Music Sheet (Shôchiku tokusen hȃmonika gakufu) No.3
映画小唄 海の行進曲
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Movie Ditty: Ocean March (Eiga kouta: Umi no kôshinkyoku)
Shôchiku Harmonica Special Music Sheet (Shôchiku tokusen hȃmonika gakufu) No.3
映画小唄 海の行進曲
Designer: Artist unknown, Japanese
Lyricist: Kubota Shōji (Japanese, 1899 – 1947)
Composer: Columbia Literary Arts Department
Publisher: Shôchiku kinema gakufu shuppan sha (Japanese)
Lyricist: Kubota Shōji (Japanese, 1899 – 1947)
Composer: Columbia Literary Arts Department
Publisher: Shôchiku kinema gakufu shuppan sha (Japanese)
Japanese
Shôwa era
1930 (Shôwa 5), August 7
Medium/Technique
Color lithograph; ink on paper
Dimensions
Height x width: 26.2 × 19.1 cm (10 5/16 × 7 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mary and Robert Levenson
Accession Number2023.1163
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsMusical scores
DescriptionTranslation of lyrics from Japanese, by Kuniko and Kendall Brown:
"The south wind in white sails, the heart in the ocean
The sailing ‘yacht’ too seems light hearted
Hey, it’s terrible, one splash, one splash.
In matching swimsuits, swimming with delight
The islet in the offing is a love island
Hey, I’ll lend you an arm, an arm.
On a long sandy beach, every one, anyone
The day we met was likely fated
Hey, come under the umbrella, under the ubrella.
Uneasy about how lips fade now
Shooting stars beyond the sea
Hey, write me a letter, a letter."
"The south wind in white sails, the heart in the ocean
The sailing ‘yacht’ too seems light hearted
Hey, it’s terrible, one splash, one splash.
In matching swimsuits, swimming with delight
The islet in the offing is a love island
Hey, I’ll lend you an arm, an arm.
On a long sandy beach, every one, anyone
The day we met was likely fated
Hey, come under the umbrella, under the ubrella.
Uneasy about how lips fade now
Shooting stars beyond the sea
Hey, write me a letter, a letter."
ProvenanceBy 2019, Mary and Robert Levenson, Belleair, FL; 2023, gift of Mary and Robert Levenson to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 13, 2023)