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CHILDREN'S SONG

COO, PIGEON, COO PIGEON
COME FLY FROM YONDER TEMPLE ROOF.
I'LL FEED YOU BEANS, SO EAT UP ALL.
WHEN YOU'VE FINISHED, DON'T FLY AWAY.
SING COO, COO AND PLAY AWHILE.

Submitter comment: INFORMANT LEARNED THIS JAPANESE CHILDREN'S SONG WHILE GROWING
UP IN JAPAN AND TODAY, IN AMERICA, SINGS THEM TO HIS SMALL GRAND-
CHILDREN.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ANN ARBOR

Keyword(s): APOSTROPHE

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Children
SPEECH -- Onomatopoeia

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