Wednesday, June 16, 2010

Nina Bobo

Nina Bobo ooohhh Nina Bobo
Kaluai Ikesha digigit nyamuk
Mari ...
Ikesha Ilena Irani Inas Iman
Hi Anakku sayang...
Marilah Ikesha... anakku sayang

Repeated with other daughters' names

Nina Bobo is the lullaby all of us in our family grew up with. My mother sang it to me when I was a baby. presumably because she called me Nina. Then she continued to sing it to all my sisters and brother.

The tradition stuck and I sang Nina Bobo to all my daughters. Today Ikesha sang her own version...

Nina Bobo oooohhh Nina Bobo
Kaluai Puan Zalina makku sayang...

I couldn't help but smile in the dark...

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