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LULLABIES
They're the first songs we remember from childhood - a link between generations. Click below to hear lullabies from around the world - then add your own.
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1 Kuwa
2 Obrigada papaid do ceu
3 Gopal Nu Paranu
4 My Dear One
5 Picking Up Frogs
6 Ah-La-Lu-La-Lu-La-Lu
7 Lori
8 Boi da Cara Preta
9 Duermete Mi Nino
10 Habe Baleju O Duliki
[more lullabies]
This chart is compiled in partnership with Radio 4's .
Read a about a lullaby ritual for childless couples in Leicester's Jain temple.
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Contributor
AYISHA YAHYA
CARLA DI BONITO
PRAMILLA CHAUHAN
LARISSA
YEE YEE AUNG
SAEEDA MAHMMOOD
SUE ARNOLD
AMERICO MARTINS
PILAR BOETTI
KADARIA AHMED
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Lullaby: Lori
Language: Nepalese
Country of origin: Nepal
Chosen by: Sue Arnold
 ÌýÌýÌýListen to a clip from Lori, Album: Folksongs and Sacred Music from Nepal (ARC Music, UK)
As a musician I could say that I love lullabies for their simplicity, the easy flow of melody and words and those soothing, sleep-inducing rhythms. That would all be true, but only half the story. For me it’s very much the gentle quality of the human voice that is called forth in the singing of these universally appealing songs that constantly renews my interest.
Lullabies have sometimes given me the opportunity for exchanges with others that might not have been possible otherwise. A Nepalese lullaby I learned from a CD caused a little girl to smile at me with twinkling eyes on the steps leading up to the temple at Swayambu just outside Kathmandu. Stopping to catch my breath before continuing the climb I noticed a small girl, aged I guessed around 8 years old. She held a baby as she sat trying to interest tourists in buying sparkly bangles. I thought she looked Tibetan. Once my breath was steady I began to sing the lullaby, called ‘Lori’ in Nepali. The effect was instantaneous! She smiled and nodded, I hoped in recognition of at least some of what I was singing, though she didn’t join in. Perhaps she was simply amused by my eccentric behaviour! Never the less, it made my day.
Later on I learned from a Nepalese teacher that the song ‘Lori’ comes from north east Nepal. Most of it is those baby talk sounds found in lullabies throughout the world with a few words about eating and growing up to be healthy and strong.
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