"Kusatsu Yohohoi Bushi" - Kusatsu Yohohoi Bushi

...The hot water in Kusatsu is so hot that bathers take four designated baths a day to cool it down. This is one of the "Yumomi Songs" that bathers sing together to the tune of the "Yumomi" (a process of stirring the water with a plank to soften it). There are two types of "Yumomi Songs" in Kusatsu: "Dokkoisho" (the Kusatsu song) and "Yohohoi" (the Kusatsu Yumomi Song) (also known as "Kusatsu Yohohoi"). The lyrics are generally the same, but the melody of the latter is more profound.

*Some of the terminology used in reference to "Kusatsu Yohohoi Bushi" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…草津の湯は高温なので，熱湯をさますために1日4回の時間湯が決められ，厚板で熱湯をかきまぜて湯をやわらげる〈湯もみ〉に合わせて浴客がいっせいにうたった〈湯もみ歌〉の一つ。草津には〈ドッコイショ〉とはやす《草津節》と，〈ヨーホホイ〉とはやす《草津湯もみ唄》(《草津ヨホホイ節》とも)といわれている2種類の〈湯もみ歌〉があり，地元では後者を《草津節》と呼ぶ。歌詞はおおむね同じだが旋律は後者の方が一段と味わいが深い。…

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