Product Description
Category: Duo
Level: Intermediate
Page: 16
ISMN: 979-0-807300-12-0
TE: 22
Music Description
Igbo, also called Ibo, are people living chiefly in southeastern Nigeria in West Africa who speak Igbo, a language of the Benue-Congo branch of the Niger-Congo language family.
The Igbo people have many interesting customs and traditions. With a population of around 40 million throughout Nigeria, they are one of the biggest and most influential tribes.
Nwam! Nwam!! (My Child! My Child!!)
This music is a folk lullaby from the Igbo tribe and is popularly sung to calm a crying baby.
English Translation
My child! My child! Cry no more.
Your mother is around why are you crying?
Cry no more, what is wrong with you?
Cry no more, my child! My child!!
Cry no more your mother is around
Come, tell me the reason for your tears
Cry no more come let me carry you
Cry no more, come let me wipe your tears
Cry no more, come take bean cake
My precious child cries no more
Paragon of beauty, my beautiful child
Cry no more, my awesome child
Cry no more.
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