General information about item: 

• Verbal Folklore
• Childhood Lullaby
• Langauge: English
• PA, USA
• Information: 10-22-21
• Informant: Tamer Luzi 

Informant Data: Tamer Luzi is a member of Dartmouth’s 2024 class. She currently lives in Pennsylvania but was born in London, UK and lived there until she was 5. In her spare time, Tamer loves to watch movies. 

Contextual Data: 

Social Context: This lullaby was sung to Tamer by her grandmother whenever she visited her. The two of them would watch The Sound of Music together, and Edelweiss was Tamer’s favorite song. Tamer’s grandmother would always sing this lullaby before she went to sleep.

Cultural Context: Edelweiss is a song in The Sound Of Music. It translates to “noble white” and is a flower that can be found in the Alps. 

Item:

Edelweiss, Edelweiss
Ev’ry morning you greet me
Small and White
Clean and bright
You look happy to meet me
Blossem of snow may you bloom and grow
Bloom and grow forever
Edelweiss, edelweiss
Bless my homeland forever

Clean and Bright
You look happy to meet me
Blossem of snow may you bloom and grow
Bloom and grow forever
Edelweiss, Edelweiss
Bless my homeland forever

Informants Comments: The Sound of Music was my favorite movie growing up and it reminds me of my grandmother. I don’t really recall many lullabies that were sung to me when I was younger, but I definitely remember Edelweiss.  

Collector’s Name: Emma Macaione

Tags: 

Verbal Folklore, English Folklore, Dartmouth, Students, Movie