Jhulo Jhulo


COUNTRY: Trinidad

LANGUAGE: Bhojpuri

Found on the Alan Lomax recording, “Caribbean Voyage: East Indian Music in the West Indies,” this is a song Trinidadian women of Indian descent–and there are many–sing to their babies. The original song is about the Hindu god Krishna (“Kanhiaya”) whose mother rocks him to sleep in a cradle made of sandalwood.

Lyrics of All Around This World version:

Jhulo, jhulo, Kanhaiya palna

Rock baby, rock, gonna rock you to sleep

In your sandalwood hammock with silk woven deep

Rock baby, rock, gonna rock you to bed

And now that you’re sleeping a kiss on your head

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