Lullabies of the world.

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:Commins, Dorothy.
Imprint:New York : Random House, 1967.
Description:xiii, 266 p. music, photos. 32 cm
Language:English
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Format: Music score Print
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/9124451
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Notes:For piano: words in the original languages with English translations.
Other form:Online version: Commins, Dorothy. Lullabies of the world. New York, Random House, 1967
Table of Contents:
  • Canada. Halifax : Come to your mommy
  • British Columbia (Tsimshian Indian) : She will gather roses
  • British Columbia (Tsimshian Indian) : Dear boy
  • Quebec : It is a gray hen
  • St. Lawrence region (Iroquois Indian) : Sleep, sleep, little one.
  • United States. Generally known : Rock-a-by, baby, on the treetop
  • Generally known : A frog he would a-wooing go
  • Generally known : Go tell Aunt Rhody
  • Southern Michigan : Animal song
  • Now York state : Here take this lovely flower
  • Southern Appalacians : The mocking bird
  • Pennsylvania Dutch : Sleep, my baby, sleep
  • Southern states : Go ter sleep
  • Louisiana (Creole) : Gay Creole gal
  • Wisconsin (Ojibway Indian) : Hush little baby
  • South Dakota (Sioux Indian) : Way off from you
  • Oklahoma (Pawnee Indian) : Kawas, thy baby is crying!
  • Northeastern Arizona (Hopi-Indian) : Pu'va, pu'va, pu'va.
  • Central America. Mexico (Yaqui tribe) : Hush, little one
  • Mexico : Hush, hush child
  • Guatemala : Go to sleep, my little one
  • El Salvador : Now sleep, little fellow
  • Nicaragua : Precious child
  • Honduras : Sleep, little one.
  • West Indies. Cuba : Go to sleep, my little one
  • Haiti : Sleep, mosquitos, sleep
  • Jamaica (British West Indies) : All me rock
  • Tobago (British West Indies) : Mama gone a-mountin
  • Trinidad (Maracas, British West Indies) : Sleep, sleep, little one, sleep
  • Dominican Republic : Oh, my little dove
  • Puerto Rico : Go to sleep, my treasure.
  • South America. Venezuela : Sleep little child
  • Ecuador (Quechua indian) : Little child, little child, sleep a while more
  • Colombia : Sleep, little one
  • Peru : Go to sleep, my little one
  • Brazil (Paressi Indian) : Little son, sleep in the hammock
  • Brazil : Boo! maramba
  • Bolivia : Our lady Saint Anne
  • Uruguay : Sleep, my baby
  • Chile : Sleep, blessed babe
  • Argentina : Arrorro, my baby.
  • Scandinavia. East Greenland (Ammassalik Eskimo) : How charming he is that little pet there!
  • Iceland : Sleep, my darling baby sleep
  • Norway : Sleep gently now my little friend
  • Faroe Islands : Rock, rock the child
  • Sweeden : Tu, tu! aren't you coming?
  • Denmark : Sleep, my little one.
  • British Isles. England : Bye baby bunting
  • Isle of Man (Manx, U.K.) : Little red bird of the black turf
  • Ireland (County Donegal) : Sleep, o babe
  • Wales : Lullaby, my pretty one
  • Scotland (Highlands) : Sleep on till dawn
  • Scotland (Edinburgh) : Sleep, sleep, my child.
  • West Europe. Belgium (Wallonia) : Sleep, my precious chick
  • Brittany : Toutouig
  • France : Sleep, baby, sleep
  • France : Go to sleep, colas
  • Spanish Pyrenees (Basque) : Hush, poor child, hush thee to sleep
  • Corsica : In the hills of Cuscioni
  • Portugal : Nightingale with the black beak
  • Spain (Malaga) : Sleep, my little babe
  • Spain (Castile) : Hush-a-bye baby al ron, ron.
  • Europe. Netherlands (Twente) : In the morning the frost is so cold
  • Alsace : sleep, sleep, little one, sleep
  • Czechoslovakia : Hush-a-by, baby mine
  • Netherlands (Dutch) : Sleep, baby, sleep
  • Switzerland (Canton of Wallis) : Now then, sleep my child
  • Germany : Sleep, baby, sleep
  • Poland : Ai, lu lu
  • Austria : Sleep, little soul
  • Hungary : The sun is setting
  • Italy (Bologna) : Hush-a-bye, my lovely child
  • Italy (Sicily), Sleep until dawn.
  • Southeast Europe. Croatia : You are as ruddy as an orange!
  • Dalmatia : Sleep, little Anna
  • Old Serbia : O John, my son!
  • Bulgaria : Nani, nani, mother's little baby
  • Montenegro : Lully, lully, lully
  • Rumania (Moldavia) : Come, hush-a-by, hush, hush
  • Greece : Now, then, sleep, sleep, my child
  • Cyprus (Nicosia) : O, Saint Marina, patroness.
  • North Africa. Tunisia : Sleep, sleep
  • Morocco (Rabat) : O rari, o rari
  • Grand atlas, Berber (Mzouda tribe) : Harara youara!
  • Ifni : Sleep, oh my beloved son
  • Algeria : O creator
  • Egypt (Cairo) : I pray to Allah
  • Ethiopia : Ushururu my child Ushururu.
  • Sub-Sahara Africa. Ivory Coast (Adioukrou tribe) : I've come to see you
  • Ghana (Akan tribe) : Whose child is this baby?
  • Nigeria : O do not cry
  • Belgian Congo (Tshokwe tribe) : My child, do not cry
  • Cape Province : Abiyoyo
  • Zululand (Province of Natal) : O hush thee baby
  • Malawi (Lilongwa district) : Hush, hush, hush, child
  • Tanzania (Southern highlands) : O son, son
  • Uganda (Province of Buganda) : Child of mine, hush!
  • Baltic. Latvia : Lullaby, my Jamie
  • Estonia : Fall asleep, little one
  • Finland : Tu-tu-tu-ti little one
  • Karelia : Sleep is behind the door.
  • Russia. Georgia : Ea, nano, nano, nano
  • Central Russia : Bai, bai, bai, bai
  • Byelorussia : Sleep, my dear little son
  • Ukraine (Province of Kursk) : The rain is pouring
  • Circassia : Sleep, my baby, sleep, my pretty
  • Turkmenistan : Bye-bye my baby.
  • Southwest Asia. Armenia : How lovely you are
  • Lebanon : When my soul embraces you
  • Turkey (Istanbul) : Eh-e, eh-e, nini eh!
  • Israel : Night has descended
  • Sephardim (Judeo-Espagnol) : Sleep, sleep, my handsome son
  • Askenazim (Yiddish) : Standing under my baby's cradle
  • Iraq (Bagdad) : Delel-loi, delel-loi
  • Iran (Kasharan, Kashkat tribe) : Your mother loves you as her soul
  • Afghanistan : Go to sleep, little child, go to sleep.
  • South Asia. Maharashtra (Kolhapur) : Sleep, sleep my baby
  • East Pakistan : Come o sleep
  • Goa : don't cry, my child
  • Rajasthan (Marwar) : Baby likes his swing very much
  • Punjab : Lali, Keshav's lali
  • Sindh : Slumber little bride
  • Kashmir : In my lap I'll lay thee
  • Ceylon (Colombo) : Sleep my baby.
  • Southeast Asia. Malaysia : High above is the sun
  • Burma (Rangoon) : The storm is strong
  • Laos : O, dear turtle dove!
  • Thailand : The temple
  • Vietnam (Black Thai) : Lie down, sleep
  • Cambodia (Province of Takeo) : Go to sleep, little sister
  • Indonesia (Djarkarta) : Lelo ledung.
  • Far East Asia. Sinkiang Province (Oirat Mongol) : Nine of us have left
  • China (Canton) : Bright, bright the moon
  • China (Peking) : Purple straight-grown bamboo shoot
  • Korea : Old bird, old bird
  • Japan (generally known) : Sleep, sleep, little one, sleep
  • Japan (Province of Izumo) : Sleep, baby, sleep.
  • Pacific Islands. Philippines : Little one, oh little one, go to sleep
  • Samoa : Listen to me, you parents
  • Tahiti : Sleep baby
  • Hawaii : I hold thee, my baby
  • Australia (Queensland, Maranoa district) : Though shadows dark.