Deep Forest - Sweet Lullaby

I came across this song a long while back, I'm sure a lot of you have heard it, but it was brought up by a friend the other day and i thought i would share it on here. Its got an eeriness to it that you don't hear too often.



Incase you were wondering about the origins of the vocal:
In 1971, a French ethnomusicologist recorded a woman named Afunakwa singing a song called Rorogwela. She lived in the Solomon Islands, near Papua New Guinea. Deep Forest sampled the music, and used it in their song "Sweet Lullaby." But the song is anything but sweet. It's a sad story about a sister and her brother, as she is trying to calm her little brother after the loss of their parents. It says that even though their parents are gone, they still have each other.

The literal translation of the song goes something like this
"Little brother, little brother, stop crying, stop crying
Though you are crying and crying, who else will carry you
Who else will groom you, both of us are now orphans
From the island of the dead, their spirit will continue to look after us
Just like royalty, taken care of with all the wisdom of such a place..."

Its a cool song, with a great story. Below is a video containing a re-edit that Deep Forest did of the track in 2003.



Peace.