Seriously… I tried looking an Yahoo! and Google for this. The problem is, a proper description of it is a little too long for any search engine, and so I’ve turned here, to the Staright Dope message board.
I’m looking for a recording, but not just any recording. This particular recording is the only known recording of a now-dead language, which I believe to be African in origin. I’ve only heard the recording once before, but if I had to guess I’d would say the recording was done at some time in the 1930’s- give or take 10 or 20 years. I recall a very specific remark about this recording though… it’s of a woman singing a lullaby in her native language to her baby, who can also be heard at times in the background (making “googly oogly”-type sounds).
Yeah. I know. I haven’t really given you guys much to go on. While it is specifically the recording I’m looking for, all I really need to know is what language it is a recording of- and perhaps who took the recording. Anything more than would be helpful too, I’m sure, but it’s the language’s name I need in order to narrow down my search for this recording.
Thanks to anyone who might know what I’m talking about.