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    Contents

    Mama Lisa Now Has a Facebook Group

    New Recordings of French Children’s Songs

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

    Mama Lisa’s World News and Multimedia Features

    Martinique is now on Mama Lisa’s World!

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    Mama Lisa Now Has a Facebook Group

    Sunday, February 22nd, 2009

    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 Music…

    Click on the icon below to access the group. If you have a Facebook account already, you just need to click on “Join the Group” to join. If you’re not a member, you simply have to sign up for free to become a member and then you can join the Mama Lisa Group…

    Mama Lisa's Facebook Group Badge

    Looking forward to seeing you in Facebook!

    Mama Lisa

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    New Recordings of French Children’s Songs

    Thursday, May 3rd, 2007

    We were recently fortunate enough to receive a selection of recordings of French kids songs, sung by a French music teacher, Tiphaine Woerth.

    Here’s a wonderful recording Tiphaine did of Ainsi Font, followed by the lyrics and an English translation.

    MP3 of Ainsi Font

    Ainsi font
    (French)

    Ainsi font, font, font
    Les petites marionnettes
    Ainsi font font font
    Trois petits tours
    Et puis s’en vont
    Elle reviendront
    Les petites marionnettes
    Elles reviendront
    Quand les autres partiront.

    They Do This Way
    (English)

    They do, do, do this way
    The little puppets
    They do, do, do this way
    Three little turns
    And then they go away
    They will come back
    The little puppets
    They will come back
    When the others go away.

    Many thanks to Tiphaine Woerth for the recording and Monique Palomares of Mama Lisa’s World en français for the English translation.

    Come visit the Mama Lisa’s World France pages to hear more of Tiphaine’s recordings.

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

    Saturday, January 6th, 2007

    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. It’s been exciting to watch it grow. My only frustration is not being able to find either written (preferably) or audio music to accompany the lyrics. How do I find the tunes for all these great lyrics?

    Matt
    Music Teacher, Rhode Island, USA

    Here’s what I wrote back, I’m sharing it with you, in case it helps you too…

    Hey Matt,

    Thanks for writing!

    We’ve just added basic sheet music to a lot of songs on the Germany, France, Hungary, Spain and Mexico pages – plus many others.

    We’re now in the process of converting the whole site to a database. We’re halfway through. Hopefully by the summer we’ll have a feature that will let you do a search on songs that have sheet music, midis or mp3’s. Midis play the tune of a song. MP3’s are recordings – usually of someone singing the song.

    But for now, the songs on the countries that are in the database are working on a simple system. On the country pages they have symbols next to the song if they have special features. Here’s the key…

    KEY TO SYMBOLS

    Musical Symbol – this song has sheet music
    Midi – this song has a Midi tune
    MP3 – this song has an MP3 recording
    Video Icon – this song has a Video recording

    If there’s anything in particular you’re looking for, you’re welcome to ask – in case I know if we have it or not – I may be able to guide you to the right place to find what you’re looking for.

    And, of course, we’re always looking for more sheet music, midi’s and mp3’s, so if you’d like to contribute any from your culture, we’d be thrilled!

    I hope this helps!

    Mama Lisa

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    Mama Lisa’s World News and Multimedia Features

    Thursday, November 30th, 2006

    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 it easier to access all of the songs, we are in the process of converting the sites to a database. The database allow our visitors to search for songs on the site by language, by songs with sheet music, recordings, etc.

    While we’re putting the songs into the database, we’re trying to obtain as much information as possible about each song. So if we can find the tune, we’ll include a midi tune and sheet music. If we find a recording of the song on the internet, we’ll provide a link to the recording. Sometimes we’ll make a recording ourselves. Anything we can do to help you know everything possible about that song.

    If you happen to see any songs on the site that are missing a tune or recording and you know it, we’d be very pleased if you could help us get the tune. We’re able to make midis from sheet music, if that’s what you can send. We’re also happy to post recordings if you’d like to sing the song, play it on an instrument, or even hum it. Really, anything to help others get an idea how to sing or play the song.

    Once the database is complete Mama Lisa’s World will have 98 countries and cultures and over 850 songs. How great is that!

    -Lisa

    UPDATE: The Database is now complete! We have 100 countries and cultures. We’re now working on a Spanish version of Mama Lisa’s World which will feature children’s songs, folks songs and nursery rhymes from around the world with Spanish translations.

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    Martinique is now on Mama Lisa’s World!

    Wednesday, October 4th, 2006

    We’ve just added Martinique, a French administrated island, between the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean.

    We always welcome more traditional songs from Martinique. You’re also welcome to share any cultural tidbits: such as traditions, recipes, customs, photos, etc.

    Come see the new Martinique Song Page with English translations
    Come see the new Martinique Song Page with French translations

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