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Lullabies and Children’s Songs

Various Artists
Lullabies and Children’s Songs The singing of lullabies and children’s songs knows no geographical boundaries. Featuring many young singers and their mothers, this compilation documents the sounds of playtime and bedtime from Africa, Portugal, the Middle East, Mongolia, Japan, Solomon Islands, and the Nunavut Territory of Canada. Game songs include Baka children from Cameroon playing “the water drum” by splashing rhythmically in a river and Kanoukro girls from Côte d’Ivoire falling into each other’s arms and then pushing away. Some songs are lullabies for calming children, while others are for amusing them. One even warns little girls against running away from their parents.

Track Listing

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Six Baka women
04:05
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102
Baka children
04:05
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103
Baka girls and children
04:01
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104
Two Baoulé girls with female chorus, Kpouébo village
02:36
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105
Seven Baoulé girls, Kanoukro village
04:29
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106
Group of Aka children
01:04
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107
Group of Aka children
01:11
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108
Group of Aka children
03:12
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109
Nzakara woman
01:13
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110
Damii accompanied by three young women
01:59
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111
Male soloist and choir, Baixo Alentejo Province
04:04
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112
Elderly woman, Beira Baixa
02:44
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113
Aharon and Israel Habshush, dir. by Menahem Arussi
04:06
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114
Tsembel (a Torgut woman from Bulgan)
00:57
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115
Kiyo Kurokawa
02:15
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116
Afunakwa
01:45
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117
Jessie Grey
01:20
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118
Aggeok Pitseolak
00:49
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119
Qaunak Martha Meekeega, Napache Etidloie Toonoo, Amilie Airo, Annie Annahatak, Maggie Grey, Jessie Tomassie, Soria Eyituk
03:11
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120
Qaunak Martha Meekeega, Temegeak Pitaulassie
00:37