My Abenaki grandmother use to sing this song to me to help me sleep I thank the creator for this song Justin D ThunderBear Clan of the Hawk war chief and tribal council member
My grandmother hummed this lullaby to me in the 1940's. I had no idea where it came from but it was so deeply ingrained in me that I hummed it to my children and they hum it to their children. When my daughter discovered the lullaby on RUclips she cried, then played it for me. Before playing it she asked me to tell her what I thought of when I listened, tears came to my eyes and I said, "That is it, that's The Lullaby!" My great-grandmother came from Canada to the United States, we knew she was French but didn't know that she was also Abenaki. What a wonderful gift!
Apologies for the late reply; my studies kept me away from checking this. Not personally, no. From my recollection, they are also available an old wax cylinder collection. To my knowledge it's in relation to a mother figure comforting the child, but I'm not one of the fluent speakers in the community. You can try leaving any questions you have at the Vermont Abenaki Artists Association's website and we can see what we can do about sign posting you to someone with more information. It just might take us a few days because our Abenaki Heritage Weekend is this weekend (please do come out if you are anywhere near Vergennes, VT). abenakiart.org/contact_us
@@LeeLongtoe , Hi Lina, thank you for getting back to me about the lullaby! I would greatly appreciate any efforts to discover the lyrics, I can't tell you how much it means to me. I would love to join you in Vergens, VT and I thank you for mentioning the gathering, unfortunately I am not able to be there. Sincerely, Suzanne Peoples
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My Abenaki grandmother use to sing this song to me to help me sleep I thank the creator for this song
Justin D ThunderBear Clan of the Hawk war chief and tribal council member
I love hearing how many people are able to reunite with their old lullaby. Thank you for sharing this with me.
Very nice!
My grandmother hummed this lullaby to me in the 1940's. I had no idea where it came from but it was so deeply ingrained in me that I hummed it to my children and they hum it to their children. When my daughter discovered the lullaby on RUclips she cried, then played it for me. Before playing it she asked me to tell her what I thought of when I listened, tears came to my eyes and I said, "That is it, that's The Lullaby!" My great-grandmother came from Canada to the United States, we knew she was French but didn't know that she was also Abenaki. What a wonderful gift!
That's beautiful, I'm glad you were able to rediscover your old childhood lullaby!
@@LeeLongtoe ThankYOU Lina!
@@LeeLongtoe Lina, do you know what the lyrics are of the lullaby and what they mean?
Apologies for the late reply; my studies kept me away from checking this.
Not personally, no. From my recollection, they are also available an old wax cylinder collection. To my knowledge it's in relation to a mother figure comforting the child, but I'm not one of the fluent speakers in the community. You can try leaving any questions you have at the Vermont Abenaki Artists Association's website and we can see what we can do about sign posting you to someone with more information. It just might take us a few days because our Abenaki Heritage Weekend is this weekend (please do come out if you are anywhere near Vergennes, VT).
abenakiart.org/contact_us
@@LeeLongtoe , Hi Lina, thank you for getting back to me about the lullaby! I would greatly appreciate any efforts to discover the lyrics, I can't tell you how much it means to me. I would love to join you in Vergens, VT and I thank you for mentioning the gathering, unfortunately I am not able to be there. Sincerely, Suzanne Peoples