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Bye Bye Lullaby

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on BBC Radio 4 FM

Ever since the first baby cried, mothers have used song to coax their children to sleep. But is the lullaby a dying art? From Afghanistan to Zanzibar, Bosnia to Peru, women (and some men) celebrate their bedtime songs and lament a disappearing tradition. Producers Kim Normanton and Nigel Acheson

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Producers:
Kim Normanton
Producers:
Nigel Acheson
Source: Radio Times

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