Lullabies & Childrens Songs / Various Lullabies & Childrens Songs / Various CD

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 Pygmy children from Cameroon playing "the water drum" by splashing rhythmically in a river and Kanoukro girls from C?te 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.

1. Cameroon: Lullaby 2. Cameroon: The Water Drum 3. Cameroon: Hut Song 4. Cote D'ivoire: Song of Two Little Girls 5. Cote D'ivoire: Little Girls' Sung Games 6. Central African Republic: Nzenzenze 7. Central African Republic: Balibo Sasasa 8. Central African Republic: Mbola 9. Central African Republic: Lullaby - Nzakara 10. Benin: Ere Ere 11. Portugal: Aurora Teve Um Menino 12. Portugal: Can?ao de Embalar 13. The Yemenite Jews: Adon Hakol Mehayyeh Kol Neshamah 14. Mongolia: Ikh Agsal 15. Japan: Ihumke 16. Solomon Islands: Rorogwela 17. Canada: Two Aqausiit from Ungava Bay 18. Canada: Aqausiq from Baffin Land 19. Canada: Melodic Katajjait 20. Canada: Assalalaa from Baffin Land