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This is a Min'yo piece from the Min'yo school .

History (from Takahashi Yujiro)
"Akita Horse-dealer's Song". In the north until recently, men led strings of horses to or from distant horse-markets travelling through the night. As with "Nambu Ushoioi Uta", a song could ease the stress on both man and beast. At the markets, the horsemen exchanged songs like these, eventually creating local and individual variants.

Keep moving, ponies, hurry along, Brownie: the sun is setting in the western mountains.
It's lonely being a horseman, all alone on the road at night, with nothing but the sound of the bridle behind you.

Akita Magouta appears on the following albums:

Album	Shakuhachi	Koto	Shamisen
Min'yo - Folk Song from Japan - Takahashi Yujiro and friends  (Listen)	Takahashi Yujiro
"Akita Horse-dealer's Song". In the north until recently, men led strings of horses to or from distant horse-markets travelling through the night. As with "Nambu Ushoioi Uta", a song could ease the stress on both man and beast. At the markets, the horsemen exchanged songs like these, eventually creating local and individual variants. Keep moving, ponies, hurry along, Brownie: the sun is setting in the western mountains. It's lonely being a horseman, all alone on the road at night, with nothing but the sound of the bridle behind you. Copyright 1999 - Dr David W. Hughes e-mail dh6@soas.ac.uk
Shakuhachi Min'yo - 1991  (Listen)
Shakuhachi Minyo  (Listen)	Yes
Shakuhachi no sekai - 2  (Listen)
Special Selection of Folk Songs for the Shakuhachi - 1  (Listen)
Yagishita - 1  (Listen)