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Hush Little Baby (Lullaby)
Dance in a Ring 
Midi
Midi There Lives a Baker Midi
Midi You Halling Midi
Midi Dabba, Dabba Dove (Lullaby)
Father James Midi
Midi Clap, Clap Sweet Thing (Pat-a-cake Song) 
Little Trille (Humpty Dumpty) (Nursery Rhyme) Midi
Mads Matisen (Nursery Rhyme)
Forehead Bone (Nursery Rhyme)
Rita Rita Runkin! (Version 3) MP3 Midi
MP3 Midi Ride Ride Ranke Midi
Sleep in Peace, Little One (Lullaby)
Cradle Me a Little (Lullaby) MP3 Midi
MP3 Midi Thumbkin, Where Are You? (Finger Play)
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- Midi - this song has a Midi tune
- MP3 - this song has an MP3 recording
- - this song has a Video recording
Here are some of Mama Lisa's recent posts about the music, culture and traditions of Norway:
- Can anyone help with the lyrics to this pretty Norwegian lullaby? Byssan lull liten tull (Folkesang) If you can help with the original lyrics and/or an English translation, please let us know in the comments below. Thanks in advance! Mama Lisa Read more »
Rhiannon Daymond-King sent me a counting-out rhyme called ?Zinty Tinty? with this note: ?I was taught a counting rhyme by my father, who said it came from his mother. Her mother was Swedish, so he thought it was in Swedish (or possibly Norwegian given that the part of the country she was from used to be... Read more »
Open Culture has a page of free language learning links covering 40 languages. Here are some of the languages you can find links for… Arabic, English, Chinese, French, Spanish, Bulgarian, Catalan, Danish, Dutch, Esperanto, Finnish, Gaelic, German, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Irish, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Latin, Lithuanian, Luxembourgish, Maori, Norwegian, Portuguese, Polish, Romanian, Russian, Swahili,... Read more »
People around the world leave different "treats" for Santa Claus on Christmas Eve. In the US and Canada, we put out milk and cookies for Santa. I have to say when he comes to our house, he leaves a big mess of crumbs on the table… but he always writes us a note of thanks. In... Read more »- Rida, Rida Ranka is a rhyme and song known to many in Scandinavia and to the families of Scandinavian immigrants in the US. Lance N. Peterson wrote to me of its significance to his family. (I added links below to the versions of Rida, rida ranka he talks about.) Dear Lisa: Words are what we... Read more »
- Karin wrote: I was named after a song, “Lille Karin” and I can’t find it anywhere. Can you help? The song is definitely Norwegian. I think it’s a child’s song. I cannot sing (properly) in Norwegian but the first line sounds like this:- “Var har du varet du lille Karin, du ar so…?... Read more »
- Rachel wrote asking about a childhood rhyme… Hello, My Norwegian Grandfather – passed away 30 years ago – used to put me on his knee and do something like: Bunka Bunka Roona, Smacka Smacka Doona, Kahoong and Kahoong & Set the Butchin up! How Many? At the end, he?d put so many of his fingers on my back and I had... Read more »
- Rachel wrote… Hi there Lisa, I was hoping you (or someone on your site) could help me. I’ve been trying to find the translation and/or the rest of the lyrics to a Norwegian lullaby my Grandpa used to sing to me. Pardon the lack of correct spelling, but it sounds like: Be a lulla barna Papa nesta garna Mama... Read more »
- Tyler wrote: My grandmother used to sing us kids a song all the time. I never knew the name of it or the entire song. Here is what I remember… Row row da fiska shad munga fisk and a drov e ded entel far entel mor entel suster and entel brod…? Sorry I don’t have any idea... Read more »
- David Russett wrote: I’m trying to find the words to a Norwegian rhyme or song. The only part I know goes something like: Kan du gleme gammel Norge? O vey! Ya, ya, gleme kan! Or it may be: Kan du huske gammel Norge? Ove! Ya, Ya, huske kan! Does anyone know the rest of this little rhyme? Some of the old Norwegians... Read more »
RELATED LINKS
Barnesanger
(In Norwegian)
Norwegian Children's songs (in Norwegian) with sheet music, lyrics and recordings.
Free Online Spanish, English and Norwegian Dictionary
(In English, Spanish and Norwegian)
Translate words between Spanish, English and Norwegian.
