Danchone bushi - Wartime Version [With Eng and Romaji sub]

ダンチョネ節 / Danchone bushi / Danchone Song
Japanese folk song (soldier's song)
Singer: Koji Tsuruta
Performer: Victor Orchestra
[About this song]
This song is a Japanese folk song of unknown composition and lyrics that was popular mainly in Misaki, Kanagawa Prefecture during the Taisho era. Originally, it has the sad lyrics about sailors, but the lyrics sung in this video are about pilots, created using the original lyrics. The meaning of "danchone" is unclear.
[About translation]
*Sanzu river
It's a river that is believed to be on the border between this world and the Underworld.
[Rōmaji]
Oki no kamome to hikōki nori wa
Doko de chiruyarane hateruyara
Danchone
Ore ga shinu toki hankachi futte
Tomo yo anoko yone sayounara
Danchone
Tama wa tobi kuru masuto wa oreru
Koko ga inochi none sutedokoro
Danchone
Ore ga shindara sanzu no kawa de
Oni o atsumetene sumō toru
Danchone
Hikōki-nori niwa musume wa yarenu
Yarenu musume gane yukitagaru
Danchone
[Japanese]
沖のカモメと飛行機乗りは
何処で散るやらネ 果てるやら
ダンチョネ
俺が死ぬ時ハンカチ振って
友よ あの娘よネ さようなら
ダンチョネ
弾丸は飛び来る マストは折れる
ここが命のネ 捨てどころ
ダンチョネ
俺が死んだら三途の川で
鬼を集めてネ すもうとる
ダンチョネ
飛行機乗りには娘はやれぬ
やれぬ娘がネ 行きたがる
ダンチョネ