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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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AYISHA YAHYA

CARLA DI BONITO

PRAMILLA CHAUHAN

LARISSA

YEE YEE AUNG

SAEEDA MAHMMOOD

SUE ARNOLD

AMERICO MARTINS

PILAR BOETTI

KADARIA AHMED




Lullaby: Ah-La-Lu-La-Lu-La-Lu
Language: Afghan
Country of origin: Afghanistan
Chosen by: Saeeda Mahmood


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I remember one hot Summer night when my own child was young. He wasn’t very well and so he was restless. I got panicked and wondered what to do. So I put him in my arms and started to sing this lullaby to him, ‘Ah-La-Lu-La-Lu-La-Lu’. To my surprise, he went to sleep and I was greatly relieved that it worked.

My children are 17 and 20 years old now. They complained that I didn’t sing this song regularly to them when they were children. But they say that when they get married, they’ll make sure that I sing this song for them or they’ll get their wives to sing it. That will be a condition of marriage.

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