Lyrics - Ojibway
(Native American folk song – Ojibway)
Kaygoomowekayn neyjejahnsays ahninebah
ayah nenejahnezess ayah ah
Ayah ayah ayah ayah ayah
ahninebah nenejahnezess ayah ah
English Translation
Don’t cry, little one
Go to sleep, baby
“ayah” = vocables with no meaning
See also
- Culture: Native American
- Type: lullaby
- Harmony: chords I, IV, V
- Melody: D,E,G,A,B
- Meter: 3 / changing meter
- Scale: hexachord
- Tones: s,l,drmf
- Source: American Primitive Music With Especial Attention to the Songs of the Ojibways, Burton, Frederick R. (Frederick Russell), 1909
- PDF of song with chords
- MIDI file
- Listen to the melody
