09/19/2007 04:08 PM

Can Someone Help with the Lyrics to an Indonesian Poem?

Saira wrote me: Dear Lisa I hope you are well. Please could you send me the lyrics for the traditional Indonesian poem si anak katak di pinggir kaali... I used to sing this as a child when I lived in Jakarta during my childhood. I only remember the first few lines now but I would love to get [...]

07/12/2007 09:23 PM

Can Anyone Help with an Indonesian Folk Song?

Elyn wrote: Dear Mama Lisa, I am running an AngKlung Ensemble in our Church in Singapore, we wanted to play the Indonesia Folk Song De Sini Senang but are unable to find the score. Appreciate it if I can obtain a copy from you. The score can be in chord. Thank you very much for your [...]

03/18/2007 10:21 AM

Can Anyone Help with an Bahasa Indonesian Translation of a Little Song Called Cat’s Head?

We have a special circumstance where we’re looking for a Bahasa Indonesian translation of a song called Cat’s Head. The song is originally Dutch. We were able to get an English translation of it. If anyone can translate it into Bahasa Indonesian from either language, we would greatly appreciate it. Both [...]

01/06/2007 08:35 PM

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. [...]

12/22/2006 10:39 AM

Free Online Language Dictionaries

While I have this link at hand, I’d like to recommend www.freedict.com. It’s a site devoted to free online language dictionaries. You can translate between English and the following languages: Afrikaans Danish Dutch Finnish French Hungarian Indonesian Italian Japanese Latin Norwegian Portuguese Russian Spanish Swahili Swedish I find that it can usually succeed at translating the words I need. Feel free to recommend other language dictionaries that you like in the [...]

12/18/2006 05:27 PM

Happy Here, A Song from Indonesia with an MP3 Recording

Here’s a cheerful children’s song from Indonesia. It’s in Indonesian, followed by an English translation. You can hear it sung by clicking on the mp3 recording. MP3 of Di sini senang – Happy Here Di sini senang (Indonesia) Di sini senang Di sana senang Di mana mana hatiku senang Di sini senang Di sana senang Di mana mana hatiku senang La la la [...]

07/04/2006 02:16 PM

A Malaysian or Indonesian Song Sung by a Little Girl on a Video

Carole wrote me yesterday from Canada, asking about a Malaysian or Indonesian song that you can hear on the video at the link below. The little girl in the video looks super cute singing… Dear Mama Lisa, Congratulations for your wonderful site. Since you seem to know some people from Indonesia, I thought maybe you could help [...]