Watch Darth Vader say "I am your Father" in 20 Languages

Watch Darth Vader say, "I am your father" to Luke Skywalker in the Star Wars movie in 20 different languages (as dubbed in the movies).  You can see a list of the languages with their voice actors below the video. Languages and Voice Actors: English (Original) – James Earl [...]

14 New Christmas Carols from Around the World

Season's greetings! At Mama Lisa's World there's no time of year we love better than the holidays! We're happy to announce that we've recently added the following Christmas Carols to Mama Lisa's World with mp3 recordings and YouTube videos: Italian Dormi, dormi, bel Bambin (Sleep, Sleep [...]

Learn 40 Languages for Free on the Internet

Open Culture has a page of free language learning links covering 40 languages. Here are some of the languages you can find links for... Arabic, English, Chinese, French, Spanish, Bulgarian, Catalan, Danish, Dutch, Esperanto, Finnish, Gaelic, German, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Irish, [...]

New Recordings of Spanish and Catalan Kids Songs

Today we received 17 new recordings of Spanish and Catalan childrens songs! We added mp3's of the following Spanish kids songs on Mama Lisa's World, Songs from Spain: – Al corro de la patata – Arre borriquito – El barquito chiquitito (coming soon) – El cocherito – [...]

Proverbs about March from Europe

Monique Palomares works with me on the French and Spanish versions of Mama Lisa's World. She sent me some proverbs about March from different European countries in response to a post I did about Italian Proverbs about March. Here's what Monique wrote... Here are some proverbs in Occitan, [...]

A Catalan Christmas Carol called “Fum fum fum – A vint-i-cinq de desembre” (On the 25th of December)

This Catalan Carol, sometimes called Fum Fum Fum, is thought to have been written in the 16th or 17th century. There's a version that's very popular in the Spanish speaking world too. Here's an English version, followed by the original Catalan lyrics, with a midi. On the Twenty-fifth of December [...]

Can Anyone Help with a Cuban Rhyme/Finger Play that starts with “Chiquitica así”?

Jeannie Backer wrote to us for help with a Cuban Finger Play. Here's her note... My mother from Cuba used to sing a song/rhyme to usthat I only partially remember, maybe you have heard something similar. It's not a song as much as a cute thing that a child says to adult to ask for

The [...]

About the Song “Cooma Lotta Veesay”

We received the note below with the song “Cooma Lotta Veesay”. Many variations of this song exist, including “Kumala Vista”. It also shares lyrics with the action song called “Flee, Fly, Flo“. Here's the email: “In the late 1950s, we lived near a [...]

Does anyone know this version of Catalina Matelina?

Dennis Lytle wrote to us asking for information about a rhyme: “Any info on the rhyme my parents taught us would be appreciated... I tell you bout vat girl of mine vat looks so sveet and dress so fine, vat come from Dootchland on the Rhine a couple of veeks ago. Her eyes are blue [...]