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Matsue da, Matsueda. Dokoe, dokoe! Koetsumo Yonago da, etc. But this chant was for light quick work. A very different chant accompanied the more painful and slower labour of loading heavy sacks and barrels upon the shoulders of the stronger men: Yan-yui! Yan-yui! Yan-yui! Yan-yui! Yoi-ya-sa-a-a-no-do-koe-shi! Three men always lifted the weight.
They were assisted by boys of fifteen or sixteen apparently apprentices learning the work, but not yet strong enough to bear heavy burdens. I noticed that nearly all had bands of blue cloth bound about their calves to keep the veins from bursting. And all sang as they worked. Onnago no ko da. Dokoe, dokoe! Oya dayo, oya dayo. Dokoe, dokoel Choi-choi da, choi-choi da. Dokoe, dokoe!
10 Her shrine is at Nara not far from the temple of the giant Buddha. 1 The names Dozen or Tozen, and Dogo or Toga, signify 'the Before- Islands' and 'the Behind-Islands. 'Dokoe, dokoel' ''Tis very small, very small! 'Dokoe, dokoel' 'This is for Matsue, this is for Matsue! 'Dokoe, dokoel' 'This is for Koetsumo of Yonago, etc.
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