Loi Loo

(this is a video of “Loi Loo” with a special bonus celebration of Haitian Ancestry Day)

COUNTRY: Haiti

LANGUAGE: Haitian Creole

“Loi loo” isn’t a song on its own but a phrase tucked into one of the many songs on the extraordinary Alan Lomax box set, Alan Lomax in Haiti.

Lyrics of All Around This World version:

Loi-loo, lo lo lo lo lo

Loi-loo, la la la lo lo