by Yoon Suk-Joong

반달 - (Pan Tal) - Korean Children's Songs - South Korea - Mama Lisa's World: Children's Songs and Rhymes from Around the World  - Comment After Song Image

Computerized Text

(We apologize if this doesn't display properly on your screen):

푸른하늘 은하수 하얀 쪽 배엔
계수나무 한 나무 토끼 한 마리
돛대도 아니 달고 삿대도 없이
가기도 잘도간다 서쪽 나라로


은하수를 건너서 구름나라로
구름나라 지나선 어디로 가나
멀리서 반짝반짝 비치이는 건
샛별이 등대란다 길을 찾아라

Listen

Download

Many thanks also to Susan Pomerantz for playing this tune on piano.

Sheet Music

Sheet Music - 반달 - (Pan Tal)

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.

Te-dan-hi Kam-sa-ham-ni-da!