I have the old song Furusato on my play list. I kept hearing the first line as 'the rabbits are delicious'- usagi oishi. Ah that old hometown cookin'. Yes, OK. Hurray for archaic endings (should have known from the wasure gataki instead of wasuregatai.) 'usagi oi 追い shi し kano yama'- to wit, those hills where I once chased after rabbits. (Yeah, 追い is a long o and oishi is short, but songs do occasionally hold vowel sounds to match the notes.) Good. *That's* cleared up at least. Usagi oishi kano yama Kobuna tsurishi kano kawa Yume wa ima mo megurite Wasuregataki Furusato
Ikani imasu chichi-haha Tsutsu ga nashi ya tomogoaki Ame ni kaze ni tsuketemo Omoi izuru Furusato
Kokorozashi wo hatashite Itsu no hi ni ka kaeran Yama wa aoki Furusato Mizu wa kiyoki Furusato
