"Furusato" was the 16th track on the "Douyou Pops 4" album (performed by all participants).

This is not the HP tune but the folk classic commissioned by the Ministry of Education in 1914

Mus: Sadaichi Okano (岡野貞一), Lyr: Tatsuyuki Takano (高野辰之)

Album version:

Kanji

兎追いし　かの山
こぶな釣りし　かの川
夢は今も　めぐりて
忘れがたき　ふるさと

いか にいます　父母
つつがなしや　友がき
雨に風に　つけても
思い出いずる　ふるさと

志 を　はたして
いつの日にか　帰らん
山は青き　ふるさと
水は清き　ふるさと

Romaji

usagi oi shi kano yama
kobuna tsuri shi kano kawa
yume ha ima mo megurite
wasure gataki furusato

ika ni i masu chichihaha
tsutsuga nashiya tomo gaki
ame ni kaze ni tsuketemo
omoide i zuru furusato

kokorozashi wo hatashite
itsuno nichi nika kaera n
yama wa aoki furusato
mizu wa kiyoki furusato

Translation

I used to chase rabbits on that mountain.
I used to fish for minnow in that river.
I still dream of those days even now
Oh, how I miss my home town.

I wonder if my parents are doing well
I wonder if my old friends are alright.
When it rains, when the wind blows,
I think of my home town.

Once I've done what I set out to do
I'll return home one of these days
Where the mountains are green, my home town,
And the water is clear, my home town.