In this medley of lullabies by Malaysian singer Zee Avi, the third one, starting at 1:10, goes straight to baby chicks dying.
I left my baby lying there, lying there, lying there Your mother’s just going to put you down and lose you. In Scotland there are no scary creatures to carry you off. There's also this Icelandic classic, which I haven’t been able to find the melody for:įall into a deep pit of ghosts. Listen to the Sigur Rós version with lyrics and translation here. All you know is that it’s lurking, lurking…īeeum, beeum, bambalow, Bambalow and dillidillidow. The one that you don’t even know what it is. Iceland has perhaps the scariest creature of all. "Bíum, bíum, Bambaló" and " Sofðu nú svínið þitt" // Iceland If you keep on crying, you'll make me nervous. I am carrying you in a "kawung" batik sling On the Indonesian island of Java there is a scary giant looking for crying children. No, your mother’s going to just give you to them. In Italy, the old hag, the bogeyman, and the white wolf will get you, but not because they’ll drag you off. In Russia, it’s a wolf that’s going to get you off the edge of your bed and drag you off into the woods.ĭon’t lie too close to the edge of the bed Your papa isn’t here, he went to the river, Your mama isn’t here, she went to the market, If you don’t sleep, the crab will eat you. If you don’t sleep, the crab will eat you In Haiti, it’s a crab that’s going to get you while your parents are away. In some countries the Coco is substituted with el Lobo (the wolf), which doesn’t make it any less scary. It warns that if you don’t go to sleep, a shapeshifting monster called the Coco will eat you up. This lullaby is sung in Spain and Latin American in various versions. Papa went to the fields, mama went to work. All the stuff that puts a child right at ease. This Brazilian lullaby invokes Cuca (a crocodile-hag from legends), the idea of parents not being there to protect you, an ox-monster, and a bogeyman called Bicho Papão lurking on the roof.
Here are 12 creepy lullabies from around the world that might keep you up at night.
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Even Rockabye Baby ends with the crack of broken branch as baby plummets to the ground. But if we listen closer to the lyrics of lullabies, they're not all so sweet. If there’s one image that sums up all the feelings of sweetness and tenderness in the world, it’s a mother singing a lullaby to her baby.