The James T. Callow Folklore Archive

SONG

THE DAY IS SETTING WITH THE SUNSET
THE BELL OF THE MOUNTAIN TEMPLE IS RINGING.
HAND IN HAND WE GO HOME -
GO HOME WITH THE CROWS.

Submitter comment: INFORMANT LEARNED THIS TRADITIONAL JAPANESE CHILDREN'S SONG WHILE
GROWING UP IN JAPAN, AND TODAY, IN AMERICA, SINGS IT TO HIS SMALL
AMERICAN-BORN GRANDCHILDREN.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ANN ARBOR

Date learned: 07-05-1964