When I visited Josyf Cardinal Slipyj school in February, it was a dream experience in so many ways.
The Grade 5 students had prepared a wonderful surprise. Their music teacher had taught them the Kolysanka (lullaby) from the sheet music that I had posted on my website last September.
I was so moved by their performance that I asked if they could record it so I could post it here. Just today, I got an email from Iwona Daciuk, the library technician, with this early Ukrainian Easter gift.
You can listen to the grade 5 students singing here:
Here are the notes:
And the English translation:
Little cradle, little cradle
Rock our little baby,
So she’ll sleep and not cry
So she’ll grow and nothing hurt her –
Not her head nor her whole body.
Thank you, Cornelia Bilinsky, who found the music and translated the lullaby!
Oh, and here is a letter written by the grade 7 students. Did I mention that this was a dream visit? A very memorable school visit!
