Source : Nagai and Kobatake Songs (1892) / A popular
song in the 1880?s and 1890?s. John Luther Long
translated the words of this song and included them in
his story, Madame Butterfly (1898). That story became
the basis for David Belasco's play Madame Butterfly
(1900), which in turn became the main source for the
story of Puccini's opera Madama Butterfly (1904). |
