Bebi Notsa
This song is sometimes called "Margaret's Lulaby", because a girl named Margaret made a well-known recording of it.
Bebi Notsa
Creek Lullaby (Baby Sleep)
Lullaby
Lullaby
(Creek)
(English)
Bebi notsa, notsa, notsa.
Lutsa hopo kahn, ai yang si
Buksin no thla thla ga his makito ai yang si
Bebi notsa, notsa, notsa,
Lutsa hopo kahn, ai yang si
Buksin no thlathla ga his makito ai yang si
Bebi notsa.
Baby, sleep, sleep, sleep,
Father has gone to find turtle shells
He said he'll come back tomorrow,
Baby, sleep, sleep, sleep,
Father has gone to find turtle shells
He said he'll come back tomorrow,
Baby, sleep.
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Thanks and Acknowledgements
This song was sung by a Creek girl named Margaret in the summer of 1943. Margaret attended the Haskell Institute in Lawrence, Kansas. The song was recorded by Willard Rhodes, Professor of music at Columbia University. He was employed by The Bureau of Indian Affairs to compile a recorded catalogue of Native American Songs.
The recording of Margaret singing this song can be found on "Treasury of Library of Congress Field Recordings".
Illustration: Walter Satterlee
