Romaji Title: dango san kyoudai
Kanji Title: だんご3兄弟
English Title: The Three Dumpling Brothers
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Lyrics : Satou Masahiko & Uchino Masumi
Music : Uchino Masumi & Horie Yoshirou
| 作詞：佐藤雅彦・内野真澄
作曲：内野真澄・堀江由朗
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This song was the #1 best selling song of 1999, having been featured on NHK's children's educational program "okaasan to issho" ("With Mother"). The song itself is performed by the couple that hosts the program (Hayami Kintarou and Shigemori Ayumi), along with a cast of others. "dango" refers to Japanese sweet dumplings, involving rice paste balls (mochi), on a skewer. The song is about 3 dango brothers, and there was even an animation to go along with it, featured on the show.
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Stuck on the same skewer, dumplings, dumplings
Three lined up in a row, dumplings, dumplings
Dipped in soy sauce, dumplings, dumplings
The three dumpling brothers
The highest one up is the oldest brother, oldest brother
The lowest one down is the third brother, third brother
In the middle is the second brother, second brother
The three dumpling brothers
The oldest brother feels for his younger brothers
The third brother feels for his big brother
The middle brother thinks he's the best, the middle brother
The three dumpling brothers
When we're reborn next time
We want to be stuck on the same skewer
If we could, we'd like to be sweet bean filled dumplings
With a lot of red bean sauce
Dumplings
One day the brothers had a fight, a fight
A fight over burn marks, a fight
They moved apart, the dumplings, dumplings
But they soon made up
Today they take a nap in the cupboard, a nap
All three of them together, they nap, nap
They carelessly oversleep, and morning comes
And they've gotten hard
In spring there's cherry blossom viewing, cherry blossom viewing
In autumn, there's moon viewing, moon viewing
But dumplings are available all year round, dumplings
The three dumpling brothers
Dumplings
Dumplings, dumplings
Dumplings, dumplings
The three dumping brothers
The three dumping brothers
The three dumping brothers
Dumplings!
