Lullabies
In addition to the games songs there are a number of children’s lullabies sung by mothers, older sisters, and nursemaids as they carry small children on their backs.
Many of the lullabies are irregular in form, the rhythm being synchronized with the joggle of the nursemaid’s back. Lullabies may be repeated in a monotonous singsong over and over, as the person carrying the baby rhythmically shifts her weight from one foot to the other. The opening word nenne (go to sleep) is characteristic of many lullabies.
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