Cradle song (English spelling)

Japanese: cradle song(英語表記)cradlesong
Cradle song (English spelling)

...And a type of folk song that was once sung by professional nurses, such as "babysitters," can be considered the third type. Western lullabies are generally called (1) "cradle songs" (French: berceuse, German: Wiegenlied) and (2) "lullabies" (Italian and Romanian: ninna‐nanna, Spanish: arrullo and nana). The former is a song in which a mother literally rocks a baby slowly and rhythmically, while the latter is a song that repeats meaningless syllables such as "aruru-ru," "la-la-la," "dodo," "na-na," "nanny-nanny," and "ninny."...

*Some of the terminology that mentions "cradle song" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…そして〈子守くどき〉のような,かつて職業的な子守娘によってうたわれた民謡の一種は第3のタイプと考えることができる。 西洋の子守歌には一般に,(1)〈ゆりかごの歌cradle song〉(フランス語berceuse,ドイツ語Wiegenlied)と(2)〈眠らせ歌lullaby〉(イタリア語およびルーマニア語ninna‐nanna,スペイン語arrulloおよびnana)の2種の呼び名がある。前者は母親が文字通りゆりかごをゆっくりとリズミカルに揺すって幼児をあやす歌であり,後者は〈アルールー〉〈ララーラー〉〈ドードー〉〈ナーナー〉〈ナニーナニー〉〈ニンニー〉のような意味のない音節群を反復する歌を意味する。…

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