Nipa Hut (Children's Songs 2/4)

Alright, continuing now with my theme of children's songs, I just couldn't pass up the opportunity to share one from the Philippines!

Bahay Kubo (http://youtu.be/V1WkH58rV3I)

A bahay kubo, or nipa hut, was the traditional housing in the Philippines before the Spaniards arrived. These days they're usually used as storage, which explains all the mentions of various vegetables in the song I guess! The bahay kubo in Filipino culture also seems to represent the idea of communitiy and safety, just like a former song that I posted of the same name (http://pinoyzic.blogspot.com/2012/03/bahay-kubo.html).

Though it's a nice little song, from what I've heard, it isn't as popular anymore as it used to be. That's the price we pay for pop culture eh?

More info: (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nipa_hut)

By the Light of the Moon (Children's Songs 1/4)

I'm going to fit a little news here at the top of this post, please feel free to scroll down if you just wanna get to the music. Don't worry, you won't hurt my feelings. ;P


As I said in my last post, this week is going to be a busy week for me. So I apologize once again if I skip a chance to post here and there. I also figured that since last week's posts only included a few songs, I'll just combine the songs from this week and last week into one big playlist at the end. Sound good?


Also, I thought of a little something new recently. Why not link a few posts together in a kind of "themed" post series? Sounds great to me! So why not start off with a nice and simple theme eh? Children's songs!


Right about now you're probably thinking "What a random and strange topic," but don't worry, I'll definitely try to pique your interests.


I'm going to start off with a favorite of mine from the great country of France!


Au Clair De La Lune (http://youtu.be/IYLTc3tGdzc)


Now, as with most children's songs, the history of this song is somewhat obscured. It is thought to have originated in France sometime during the eighteenth century, though the author is unknown. It is known, however, that the earliest recording of it was made by a certain Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville in April of 1860, over one hundred and fifty years ago!


More info: (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Au_clair_de_la_lune)