Santoki is perhaps the most famous children's song

Children's song

Children's song may be a nursery rhyme set to music, a song that young children invent and share among themselves, or a modern creation intended for entertainment, use in the home, or education...

 in Korea

Korea

Korea ) is an East Asian geographic region that is currently divided into two separate sovereign states — North Korea and South Korea. Located on the Korean Peninsula, Korea is bordered by the People's Republic of China to the northwest, Russia to the northeast, and is separated from Japan to the...

. Virtually every Korean knows the melody and lyrics of this song.
The word "santoki" literally means "mountain bunny".

English Lyrics

First Verse:

Mountain bunny, bunny

Where are you going?

Bouncing, bouncing as you're running.

Where are you going?

Second Verse:

Over the mountain peaks, peaks

I will climb them on my own

Plump, plump chestnuts

I will find and bring

Korean Lyrics

First Verse:

산토끼 토끼야 어디를 가느냐

깡총깡총 뛰면서 어디를 가느냐

Second Verse:

산고개 고개를 나혼자 넘어서

토실토실 알밤을 주워서 올테야

Transliterated

First Verse:

San-toki, toki-ya

Uh-dee-reul gah-neu-nyah?

Kang-choong, kang-choong tee-myun-suh

Uh-dee-reul gah-neu-nyah?

Second Verse:

San-go-gae go-gae-reul

Nah-hon-jah nuhm-uh-suh

to-shil to-shil ahl-bahm-eul

Joo-wuh-suh ol-tae-yah

In popular culture

The song was popularized in the United States by the Ska Punk band The Chinkees

The Chinkees

The Chinkees are an American ska punk band fronted by Mike Park . The group debuted with 1998's The Chinkees Are Coming!, and followed with 1999's Peace Through Music and 2002's Searching for a Brighter Future before a greatest hits album was released in 2003...

, who performs the song on their 1999 recording Peace Through Music.