Children's Song.

CHILDREN'S songs; ABORIGINAL Australian children; DREAMTIME (Aboriginal Australian mythology); EVERYDAY life; GOSPEL music

An encyclopedia entry for Aboriginal Australian children's song is presented. It states that the songs are about the Dreaming ancestral animals, but the explanations are more related to everyday life than to the more sacred aspects of the song. It is inferred that songs are made and performed by children without adult assistance in some of the desert areas in Australia. Some children are specially trained in gospel songs by the parent to become important singers in their religious groups.