swung;

And he merrily brushed by the green bam-

boos,

With his bill-hook over his shoulder hung.

And a uguisu sang in a tall cherry-tree

As the smiling old wife to the river-side

went:

"Oh, red is the sun!" she cheerily sang,

As she patiently over her washing bent.

"Oh, red is the sun! and the rice-fields green—