守も嫌がる　盆から先にゃ
雪もちらつくし　子も泣くし

盆が来たとて　何嬉しかろ
帷子は無し　帯は無し

この子よう泣く　守をばいじる
守も一日　痩せるやら

早よも行きたや　この在所越えて
向こうに見えるは　親の家
向こうに見えるは　親の家

	
Romanized Japanese


Mori mo iyagaru, Bon kara saki-nya
Yuki mo chiratsuku-shi, Ko mo naku-shi

Bon ga kita-tote, Nani ureshi-karo
Katabira wa nashi, Obi wa nashi

Kono ko you naku, Mori wo ba ijiru
Mori mo ichi-nichi, Yaseru-yara

Hayo-mo yuki-taya, Kono zaisho koete
Mukou ni mieru wa, Oya no uchi
Mukou ni mieru wa, Oya no uchi

	
English translation


I don't like work such as babysitting,
The baby cries and it's snowing outside tonight.

I'll go back to my native home, when I get days off.
But I don't have a nice dress or shoes to wear.

This baby cries so often and I can't sleep too well tonight.
Sleep my baby and let me sleep till tomorrow morning.

Today, I'm going back to my home over the mountain.
I can see my parent's humble house over there.
I can see my parent's humble house over there.