African folk music

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  1. Abiyoyo
    Xhosa lullaby made popular via Pete Seeger's Abiyoyo story. The original is set in B minor. The song is pentatonic.
  2. Daar kom die Alibama (1863)
    Folk song in Afrikaans, created by black dockers who had witnessed, in the age of the American Civil War, the legendary confederate sloop-of-war Alabama. Original in E major sharp.