Nanatsu no Ko

"七つの子"
"七つの子"
Song
Language	Japanese
English title	"Nanatsu no Ko"
Published	July 1921
Genre	Children's song
Composer(s)	Nagayo Motoori
Lyricist(s)	Ujō Noguchi

Nanatsu no Ko (七つの子, lit. Seven children, or Seven baby crows, The crow's seven chicks)^[1]^[2]^[3] is a popular^[3] Japanese children's song with lyrics written by Ujō Noguchi (野口雨情 Noguchi Ujō) and composed by Nagayo Motoori (本居長世 Motoori Nagayo). Published in Kin no fune (The golden ship) magazine in July 1921.^[1]^[3] Nanatsu no ko is used as the departure melody at Isohara Station in Kitaibaraki and also as 6 p.m bell in Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology at Nomi, Ishikawa.

Lyrics[edit]

Japanese	Romanization^[2]	English translation^[2]
烏なぜ啼くの烏は山に可愛い七つの子があるからよ可愛可愛と烏は啼くの可愛　可愛と啼くんだよ山の古巣へ行って見て御覧丸い眼をしたいい子だよ	Karasu naze nakuno Karasu wa yama ni Kawaii nanatsu no Ko ga aru kara yo Kawaii kawaii to Karasu wa nakuno Kawaii kawaii to Nakundayo Yama no fuurusu e Itte mite goran Marui me o shita Iiko da yo	Mother crow, why do you squawk so? Because high on the mountain I have seven cute children. "Cute, cute," This mother crow sings. "Cute, cute," Cries the mother crow. You should behold the old nest On the mountain. And there you'll see such Round-eyed, good children.

In popular culture[edit]

The song is sung by a nondiegetic children's choir in the 1954 Kinoshita Keisuke film Twenty-Four Eyes.

In the manga and anime Detective Conan by Gosho Aoyama, the mail address of the boss of the Black Organization is #969#6261, which reproduces the beginning of Nanatsu no Ko.

Is sung in the anime Magical Girl Ore episode 10 by Mohiro to console a lost child.

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b "Nanatsu no ko (Seven Baby Crows)". Archived from the original on 2018-06-04.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Social and Cultural History of Japan Through Music Education". bulldog2.redlands.edu. Archived from the original on 29 February 2012. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Kodomo no kuni - NOGUCHI Ujo". www.kodomo.go.jp. Archived from the original on 2007-07-03.

External links[edit]

Sheet Music & Lyrics

[rloftus-1] "Nanatsu no ko (Seven Baby Crows)". Archived from the original on 2018-06-04.

[bulldog2-2] "Social and Cultural History of Japan Through Music Education". bulldog2.redlands.edu. Archived from the original on 29 February 2012. Retrieved 15 January 2022.

[kodomo-3] "Kodomo no kuni - NOGUCHI Ujo". www.kodomo.go.jp. Archived from the original on 2007-07-03.

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