Ginza Kan Kan Musume (Ginza Street Girl)
Lyrics by Takao Saeki, Music by Ryoichi Hattori

 

Ano ko kawai ya
Kan kan musume
Akai burausu
Sandaru haite
Dare o matsu yara
Ginza no machikado
Tokei nagamete
Sowa sowa niya niya
Kore ga ginza no
Kan kan musume
 
Ame ni furarete
Kan kan musume
Kasa mo sasazu ni
Kutsu made nuide
Mama yo ginza wa
Watashi no jyanguru
Tora ya ookami
Kowakuwa naino yo
Kore ga ginza no
Kan kan musume
 
Yubi o sasarete
Kan kan musume
Choitto tanka mo
Kiritaku naruwayo
Iye ga nakutemo
Okane ga nakutemo
Otoko nanka ni
Damasaremaizo yo
Korega ginza no
Kan kan musume
How lovely
The street girl!
She is wearing
A red blouse and red sandals
And stands at the corner of the Ginza.
Is she waiting for someone?
Looking at the clock,
Getting fidgety and grins
That's the Ginza
Street girl.
 
The rain falls on
The street girl
Standing there without an umbrella,
She removes her sandals
Saying, "so what!",
Ginza is her jungle,
She is not afraid
Of tigers or wolves
That's the Ginza
Street girl.
 
Everyone points at
The street girl
She's ready to
Screech like a banji
However she has no house
And no money
No one can
Cheat her
That's the Ginza
Street girl.

 

Source: Club Nisei, Japanese Music of Hawaii CD available from: www.cordinternational.com - Popular in Hawaii after WWar II, many local teenagers would sing the first stanza as "Anna go Hawai`i kan kan musume" Translated by Yoko Nuuhiwa