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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 Inchthe water drumInch 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. Album Tracks 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 Cançao 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
