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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.
I was bothered that I couldn’t remember many of the lullabies but somehow they do come back. When you’re rearing a baby the tunes come and it was very frustrating not to be able to remember all the words. I wish I had noted them down. This is an idea that’s been taken up by my brother. He’s written down all the lullabies that he could remember for a book. Apparently men don’t sing lullabies but they seem to be moved very much by them - maybe they remember being cuddled by their mother.
I think my brother thought that all this is going to disappear and children now go to sleep with the background of radio or TV on, so I think he just felt nostalgic and decided to collect them.
I was brought up on the beach next to a fishing village, and most lullabies remind me of water lapping onto the beach. When I sing it I get emotional because I remember my great aunt and my grandmother - because this is where I heard these things - from kind old ladies.
Most houses in Zanzibar used to have enclosures on to the yard. This is where the women sat to chat and gossip and peel things in preparation of the food. That’s where I remember my great aunt with a baby in a cradle or placed on the side and one singing to you. This is the atmosphere I can recall.
