Mama Lisa Now Has a Facebook Group

We'd love it if you'd join the Mama Lisa Facebook Group. You can post anything you'd like about your culture. You can post your own musical recordings or YouTube videos… Links to culture and musical sites… Photos of your country… Questions about songs or cultural issues… Anything related to World Culture and [...]

Can Someone Help Translate an Icelandic Kids Song?

Nancy Bienski wrote me: Can anyone translate this Icelandic nursery song? Mér um hug og hjarta nú Mér um hug og hjarta nú hljómar sætir líða. Óma vorljóð óma þú út um grundir víða. Hljóma þar við hús þú sér hýrleg blómin skína. Fríðri rós, ef fyrir ber, færðu [...]

How to Find Sheet Music, Tunes and MP3's on Mama Lisa's World

In addition to this blog, I also host Mama Lisa's World. Mama Lisa's World is a large collection of children's songs and rhymes from countries all around the globe. Matt, a music teacher from Rhode Island, wrote a question to me, the other day, about Mama Lisa's World: Hey Mama, I love the concept of your site. [...]

The Origins of Some Scandinavian Toe Naming Rhymes

Julie and Beth wrote looking for the origins of two Scandinavian rhymes that are played with little kids while touching their toes. We're wondering if anyone's ever heard of these rhymes and perhaps knows what country they're from and/or anything else about their origins. Here's what Julie wrote: I have been searching for the [...]

Mama Lisa's World News and Multimedia Features

A significant part of the Mama Lisa sites is a large collection of songs and nursery rhymes from around the world. We currently have about 750 songs from around 90 countries and cultures. When you consider how many languages there are in those cultures – that's a lot of information! In order to make [...]

A New Nursery Rhyme from Iceland

I just received some nursery rhymes from Iceland. Since Iceland's not yet on Mama Lisa's World, I'll post one here now as a sneak preview. It's called My Little Sister Sigga. Here it is in Icelandic, followed by an English translation… Sigga litla systir mín (Icelandic) Sigga litla systir mín, situr úti á götu. Er að [...]