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I have a newborn son from my Japanese wife. I try to sing to him. I sing the
alphabet song (English). Japanese kana and their order is the same value for
dictionaries. My wife says there isn't one but she isn't traditionally
trained. Is there a kana syllabary song?

I found this- I don't think its based on Hakushū Kitahara song.  
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBfb4UK4-MM>
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kana child-speech
Is there a traditional Japanese kana song or otherwise how are babies familiarised with kana?
Quite a bit more sophisticated than the "alphabet song", there is a wonderful
poem by 北原白秋 ([Hakushū
Kitahara](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hakush%C5%AB_Kitahara)) called 五十音. It
goes like this

> ## 五十音
>
> [水馬]{あめんぼ}赤いな。ア、イ、ウ、エ、オ。  
>  [浮藻]{うきも}に[小蝦]{こえび}もおよいでる。
>
> 柿{かき}の木、栗{くり}の木。カ、キ、ク、ケ、コ。  
>  [啄木鳥]{きつつき}、こつこつ、枯{か}れけやき。
>
> [大角豆]{ささげ}に酢{す}をかけ、サ、シ、ス、セ、ソ。  
>  その魚{うお}[浅瀬]{あさせ}で刺{さ}しました。
>
> 立ちましょ[喇叭]{らっぱ}で、タ、チ、ツ、テ、ト。  
>  トテトテタッタと飛び立った。
>
> [蛞蝓]{なめくじ}のろのろ、ナ、ニ、ヌ、ネ、ノ。  
>  [納戸]{なんど}にぬめってなにねばる。
>
> [鳩]{はと}ぽっぽ、ほろほろハ、ヒ、フ、ヘ、ホ。  
>  [日向]{ひなた}のお部屋にゃ笛を吹く。
>
> [蝸牛]{まいまい}[螺旋巻]{ねじまき}、マ、ミ、ム、メ、モ。  
>  梅の実落ちても見もしまい。
>
> [焼栗]{やきぐり}、ゆで[栗]{ぐり}ヤ、イ、ユ、エ、ヨ。  
>  山田に灯{ひ}のつく宵{よい}の家{いえ}。
>
> [雷鳥]{らいちょう}は寒{さむ}かろ、ラ、リ、ル、レ、ロ。  
>  [蓮花]{れんげ}が咲いたら、[瑠璃]{るり}の鳥。
>
> わい、わい、わっしょい。ワヰウヱヲ。  
>  [植木屋]{うゑきや}、[井戸換へ]{ゐどがへ}、お祭{まつり}だ。

According to
[Wikipedia](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%BA%94%E5%8D%81%E9%9F%B3#.E5.8C.97.E5.8E.9F.E7.99.BD.E7.A7.8B.E3.81.AE.E4.BA.94.E5.8D.81.E9.9F.B3)
it was first published in 1922 in a magazine called _Taikan_ (大観)

> 1922年、雑誌『大観』1月号に上梓されたものを初出とし、…

so I haven't been able to find a primary source, although it seems to be
reproduced in several "collected works" (e.g. in these two books (Amazon
links),
[北原白秋100選](http://www.amazon.co.jp/%E5%90%8D%E4%BD%9C%E7%AB%A5%E8%AC%A1-%E5%8C%97%E5%8E%9F%E7%99%BD%E7%A7%8B100%E9%81%B8-%E4%B8%8A%E7%94%B0-%E4%BF%A1%E9%81%93/dp/4394902339/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1438722272&sr=8-1&keywords=4394902339)
and [白秋全集〈25〉童謡集
1](http://www.amazon.co.jp/%E7%99%BD%E7%A7%8B%E5%85%A8%E9%9B%86%E3%80%8825%E3%80%89%E7%AB%A5%E8%AC%A1%E9%9B%86-1-%E5%8C%97%E5%8E%9F-%E7%99%BD%E7%A7%8B/dp/4000909657/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1438722386&sr=8-1&keywords=4000909657)).
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[Iroha uta](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iroha) is not exactly a baby song
but I think it deserves a mention as it contains all shapes of the syllabary.
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