What is Mama Lisas World?
Mama Lisa’s World is the internet’s premier destination for children’s songs from around the globe and for discussions of international culture. It features thousands of traditional songs from over a hundred countries and cultures and a major collection of English Mother Goose Rhymes. Mama Lisa’s Blog focuses on global recipes and cuisine, holiday traditions, and lively conversations about childhood and customs around the world. What was the guiding principle behind Mama Lisa’s World? The intent of this site is to give people a sense of the nursery rhymes and songs sung by or to children in cultures around the world. For example, “Yankee Doodle” is a little rhyme that all American children know and experience as a part of their childhood. Non-Americans can get a sense of a small part of the culture of the United States by reading or singing it. How do you deal with the issue of translations? We see the spirit of the rhyme as being more important than the literal meanings of the words.
