Tal Tta Ro Ka Cha
by Yoon Suk-Joong
Tal Tta Ro Ka Cha
Come Pick the Moon
Children's Song
Children's Song
(Korean Transliteration)
(English)
Ae tul a
Na o no ra
Tal tta ro ka cha
Chang tae tul ko
Mang tae mae ko
Twit tong san u ro
Twit tong san eh
Ol ra ka
Mu tung'ul ta ko
Chang- tae ro
Tal ul ta so mang
tae eh tam cha.
Come on, boys, come on out!
Let's go get the moon.
Bring a bamboo stick and a gunnysack*
To the hills out back.
Go on to the hills out back,
Climb high up back and back.
Pick the moon with the bamboo stick,
Put it in a gunnysack.
Over at Soonhee's house,
They can't afford to light the lamp.
When the night comes, I hear,
Mending they cannot do.
Come on, boys, come on out!
Let's pluck the moon,
And hang it up there
In Soonhee's Mommy's room.
Notes
*A burlap bag
Thanks!
Thanks and Acknowledgements
Many thanks to Sook-Kih Park, Librarian at the Korean Cultural Service in New York, a part of the Consulate General of the Republic of Korea, for contributing this song, the sheet music and the illustration.
