Wednesday, October 12, 2005

Music hath powers to soothe the savage baby

The two lullabies that are working best to calm Julia down during acid bm's and other infant annoyances are both rounds. The first is one I heard on a tape but of course, not only can I not remember the name, but I can't remember who was on the tape -- some sort of women's chorus: many voices all in harmony. The second is a silly little round I used to sing with my classes at the daycare I used to work for.
I don't know when or where I learned it. Imagine both sung in a breathy falsetto.

1)
When each child is born
the morning star rises
and sings to the universe
who we are.

When each child is born
the morning star rises
and sings to the universe
who we are.

We are our grandmother's prayers
We are our grandmother's dreamings
We are the breath of our ancestors
We are the spirit of love.

2)
A ram sam sam, a ram sam sam
goolie goolie goolie goolie goolie
ram sam sam

a ram sam sam, a ram sam sam
goolie goolie goolie goolie goolie
ram sam sam

a rassi, a rassi
goolie goolie goolie goolie goolie
ram sam sam

a rassi, a rassi
goolie goolie goolie goolie goolie
ram sam sam

Posted by Trista @ 8:08 AM