This song is in the Kazoe-uta "counting song" format, in which 10 phrases repeat beginning each with one of the sounds Hi(to)-Fu(ta)-Mi-Yo-Itsu-Mu-Na(na)-Ya-Ko(no)-Too in this order, the tradtional way of counting up to ten.
nisoku: bipedal
hokou: ambulation, walking
ko-uta: small song, a suffix denoting a traditional song title, ballad
A little extra info . . .
This song is in the Kazoe-uta "counting song" format, in which 10 phrases repeat beginning each with one of the sounds Hi(to)-Fu(ta)-Mi-Yo-Itsu-Mu-Na(na)-Ya-Ko(no)-Too in this order, the tradtional way of counting up to ten. nisoku: bipedal hokou: ambulation, walking ko-uta: small song, a suffix denoting a traditional song title, ballad