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Lullabies from around the world

Traditional lullabies from cultures across the globe — whispering ancient roots, universal meanings, and hand-played guitar & piano chords for every little dreamer.

Lullabies from the United States

American cradle songs tell a double story — melodies that crossed the ocean from Europe, and chants far older than any crossing.

European Roots in the New World

These lullabies are travellers. They were born in the stone houses of Europe and grew up among the forests and plains of North America. Singing them today keeps alive an invisible thread that joins two worlds across the centuries.

Native American Lullabies: Songs of the Earth

These lullabies were never written down — they were heard in the breath of the wind, the rhythm of the sea and the silence of the desert. For the Native peoples of North America, song is an invisible thread connecting a child to the breath of the cosmos. We invite you to listen to these melodies not as simple tunes, but as a respectful tribute to the age-old wisdom of those who have always seen the earth as a mother.

Indigenous lullabies are part of a millennia-old oral heritage. The arrangements presented here are original reworkings, intended as a respectful tribute to the beauty and spirituality of these cultures.

Lullabies from Canada

Canada’s cradle songs carry two deep currents: the French lullabies brought by Quebec’s settlers, still sung door to door today, and the aqausiit — the ancient breath-songs of the Inuit, passed from elder to child across the Arctic for generations. We offer this arrangement as a respectful tribute to that living heritage.

Russian Lullabies: The Slavic Soul

In Russian folklore the night is a place of gentle guardians, like the little grey cat who brings sleep on his soft paws. Russian lullabies are famous for their melancholy sweetness — simple, circular melodies born to cradle children through the long northern winters. A warm embrace of sound, passed from mother to child for generations.

Lullabies from Africa

Warm, rhythmic cradle songs passed from parent to child across the continent — from Zulu night songs in the south to Swahili songs along the East African coast, and West African songs that honor mothers by name.

Lullabies from Asia

From the mountain villages of Japan to the river deltas of Bangladesh, Asia holds some of the world’s oldest and most varied cradle-song traditions — each one shaped by its own language, landscape and way of rocking a child to sleep.

East Asia

Southeast Asia

South Asia

Lullabies from the Middle East

From Anatolia to the Gulf, lullabies across the Middle East carry centuries of family warmth — gentle refrains, desert stillness and a mother’s enduring watch over her sleeping child.

Lullabies from South America

From the Amazon to the pampas, lullabies across South America blend Indigenous, African and Iberian roots into a warm, wide continent of bedtime song — each one carrying a mother’s voice across mountains, rivers and coastlines.

Lullabies from Oceania

From the red deserts of Australia to the coral lagoons of the Pacific, lullabies across Oceania carry the sound of wind, sea and starlit island nights — a gentle close to our journey around the world.

Lullabies from Central America & the Caribbean

From Mexican starlight to Caribbean shores, cradle songs across this region blend Spanish, French, Creole and English roots — each one rocking a child to sleep to the rhythm of the sea.