Can Anyone Help with a Russian Childrens Music CD?

Chris wrote: Hi my name is D. I'm on a mission to find Russian children's songs. I found your page on the web and liked what I saw. I'm looking to make a CD of Russian children's songs for personal use. I'll explain why. My mom is a foster mom for medically fragile kids (wheelchair and medical [...]

Can Someone Help with the Lyrics to a Russian Song “Chisi Chisi”?

Mikel is looking for the lyrics of a Russian song. This song is in the family but they don't know what the lyrics mean. What they sing sounds like “chisi-chisi ietil uil napanta le vozkutpil”. If anyone could provide the proper spelling in Russian and/or a translation, that would be great. Feel free to write [...]

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 with a Kids Song that's either Belarussian, Russian or Yiddish?

Martin wrote: Hello from a sunny but quite COLD New York City! I am wondering if anyone knows the answer to this. Not being too knowledgeable about the Belarusian language, I'm assuming that this song my maternal grandmother used to sing to me when I was in my single digits was in Russian or [...]

Recording of Russian Rhyme

We just added a recording of the Russian finger play Magpie-Magpie – Сорока-Сорока to Mama Lisa's World's Russian Song Pages. Click the link for the lyrics, translations and mp3 recording. Mama Lisa Share on Facebook and other services:

Can Someone Help with a Ukrainian Rhyme That Sounds Like, “Pitchoo Pitchoo Bopkoo”?

Suzy wrote… I wonder if anyone can help me find the meaning to this silly rhyme. I was a little kid when my grandmother used to do this thing with my head in her hands and it phonetically sounded like this (I don't speak or understand Ukrainian) : Pitchoo Pitchoo bopkoo Sedjoonella bobkoo shi shoolapitch, shi shoolapitch, shi [...]

Looking for a Russian Child's Finger Play

Sue sent us this question: Does anyone know a Russian child's finger play that goes something like this: saroka verona na pripchke sidela …. …. (with each finger): tsmudila, tsmudila, tsmudila; tsmudila: aye tsmudila My grandmother used to play this with me and I'd like to pass it on to my granddaughter. Thanks. If anyone can help Sue out, please comment below or email [...]

Looking for Specific Translation to Tum balalaika

Tum balalaika is a Yiddish folk song. John Ringo wrote me that he was looking for help finding a version from his childhood that's different than the one we have posted (click the link for our version). Here's what he wrote… I was actually looking for a set of lyrics to this I remember [...]

The Symbolism of the Egg

As Easter approaches, it's natural to think a little about eggs! In days gone by the egg, due to its shape, was a symbol of the earth. Thanks to its obvious association with the beginning of life, it has also been the basis of many ancient creation stories. It has been a symbol [...]

Elaborately Decorated Eggs for Easter In Eastern Europe

Guest Blogger, Ed Gawlinski, has been involved in many cultural organizations throughout his life. Here, he discusses Easter traditions in several Eastern European cultures. A common custom is to color hard boiled eggs for Easter. We usually colored them on Good Friday, while eating hot cross buns… Hot cross buns, Hot cross buns, one ha' penny, two [...]