Sinhala
English
A Child Tells a Bee (Nursery Rhyme)
A Village Girl Called Tikiri Liya (Nursery Rhyme) 
In This Orange Tree (Nursery Rhyme)
I Was Hungry and I Went to My Son's House (Kawi Poetry) MP3
My Little Duck (Nursery Rhyme)
Pina of the Ambalama (Kawi Poetry) MP3
Rabbit called "Ha Ha Hari Hawa" (Nursery Rhyme)
Small Bird Saw a Small Fruit (Nursery Rhyme)
The Puppy Was Asked (Nursery Rhyme)
Water is Boiling in Granny's Kettle (Nursery Rhyme)
White Rabbit Was Hopping (Nursery Rhyme)
Who is Arguing There? (Nursery Rhyme)
Will There Be People (Nursery Rhyme)
Tamil
English
Chipmunk Chipmunk, Come Come Come 
MP3 Midi
MP3 Midi 
KEY TO SYMBOLS
- - this song has sheet music
- Midi - this song has a Midi tune
- MP3 - this song has an MP3 recording
- - this song has a Video recording
The Languages Spoken in Sri Lanka
Sinhala (official and national language) 74%
Tamil (national language) 18%
Other 8%
Note: English is commonly used in government and is spoken competently by about 10% of the population.
(This information is from the CIA World Factbook 2008.)
Here are some of Mama Lisa's recent posts about the music, culture and traditions of Sri Lanka:
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... Read more »- We’ve just added 5 songs from Sri Lanka to Mama Lisa’s World, our site that features children’s songs from around the world in the original languages with translations in English. The songs are in a language called Sinhala. That brings the total languages we cover to 90! Here’s one sweet Sri Lankan song that... Read more »
- In an earlier entry, I wrote about the history of Labor Day. In case you were wondering, here are some of the countries where demonstrations were held or where Labor Day was in some way honored around the world today (in some cases against the wishes of the government)... Russia Belarus Japan Germany Italy Philippines Cambodia Indonesia Malaysia South Korea Malta Mexico France Nepal Portugal Sri Lanka Nigeria Turkey Iran Great Britain Feel free to comment below... Read more »
