本文探討臺灣總督府編纂的《公學校唱歌》(1915)和《公學校唱歌集》(1934)兩套唱歌教科書的內容及相關內容。日本統治臺灣時期，引入西方新式教育制度，音樂是最初公學校的課程之一，日治時期稱為「唱歌」。總督府編纂《公學校唱歌》之前，公學校是採用日本內地的教科書。筆者首先分析《公學校唱歌》和《公學校唱歌集》的詞曲，然後和日本同時期的唱歌教科書比較，並參酌訪談的結果，以瞭解日治時期公學校之唱歌教育。分析結果發現兩套教科書的歌曲除承襲日本《尋常小學唱歌》和《新訂尋常小學唱歌》的特色外，還包括臺灣鄉土題材的創作曲。由於唱歌教材具有輔助國語（日語）學習的功能，許多歌詞可對照國語讀本，學生容易牢記歌詞。兩套教科書稱得上具有相當素質，選曲很適合兒童習唱，因而能引發兒童學習的興趣，且不同年代編纂的教科書，都有重複出現的歌曲，使不同年齡公學校的畢業生，都能背唱一些相同的歌曲。

　　　　　The study examines the music textbooks published for common schools of Taiwan (kogakko) during the Japanese rule (1895-1945). Music (Singing) was first introduced to Taiwan in common school curriculum in 1898. In the beginning, teaching materials were brought to Taiwan from Japan until the official government published the first common school songbook (Kogakko Shoka Shu) in 1915. Content analyses of official published music textbooks in1915 and 1934 were presented. These two sets of textbooks were compared to music textbooks used in Japanese school during that time. Both the 1915 and 1934 sets of textbooks are quite diverse and of high quality. The findings include: common school textbooks are similar to Japanese published music textbooks, except the lyrics of the common school text frequently communicate the glories of Taiwan; many song lyrics in the common school textbooks were designed to coordinate with the National language textbooks, to assist students in learning Japanese, which at that time was the National language. The use of texts from the National language texts also facilitated the memorization of songs by the students. It was found that common school music textbooks published at different times frequently contained the same songs, thus providing a common song repertoire for common school graduates over this time period.