Ugandan Music - A Lullaby 1.4 2004/10/21 15:25:11 GMT-5 2008/01/14 10:51:51.723 US/Central Catherine A. Schmidt-Jones casjones@soltec.net Catherine A. Schmidt-Jones casjones@soltec.net African music folk music lullaby multicultural music traditional music Uganda Ugandan music world cultures A traditional lullaby from Uganda to teach to students. Here is a traditional lullaby from Buganda - central Uganda - as collected by music teacher Robinah Nazziwa, for use in music classes for young students, for multicultural concerts, or to include in a social studies unit on Uganda or Africa. The words translate into English as "My dear mother's child, keep quiet (Mwana wa nnyabo, weesirikire); I will keep for you whatever I will happen to eat (Kye nnaalyako nja kuterekera)". You may wish to print out the PDF version. Performance Notes "Close enough" pronunciation for English speakers: pronounce "a" and "aa" as in "hall", "e" as in "let", "ee" as in "week", "i" as in "sip" "o" as in "hope", "u" as in "June". If you can't read music, listen to the tune.