
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” = meaningless syllables
See also
- Native American folk songs
- lullabies
- pentatonic songs
- recorder songs DEGAB
- songs in 3
- songs with changing meter
- source: American Primitive Music With Especial Attention to the Songs of the Ojibways, Burton, Frederick R. (Frederick Russell), 1909
- Song with chords (PDF)
- MIDI file
- Listen to the song

