Lubi-Lubi
{{Short description|Traditional Filipino song}}
{{for|the delicacy made from mashed root crops and coconut|Nilupak}}
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Lubi-Lubi or An Mga Bulan ('The Months') is a traditional Filipino song that originally was a Waray folk song.{{Cite web |title=LUBI-LUBI, A Waray Folk Song |url=https://tahananbooks.com/products/lubi-lubi-a-waray-folk-song |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240415115736/https://tahananbooks.com/products/lubi-lubi-a-waray-folk-song |archive-date=2024-04-15 |access-date=2025-01-20 |website=Tahanan Books Corporation - US |language=en}}
Lyrics
= Common lyrics =
Enero, Pebrero, Marso, Abril, Mayo,
Hunyo, Hulyo, Agosto,
Setyembre, Oktubre,
Nobyembre, Disyembre,
Lubi-lubi.
Halina at pag-aralan
Ngalan ng Labindalawang buwan
Ulit-ulitin natin bigkasin
Sabay-sabay nating awitin
= Original Waray lyrics =
Lubi-lubi lubi, lubi lingkuranay
Ayaw gad pagsak-i, kay hibubo-ay.
Ayaw gad pagsak-i,
Lubi-lubi
Kon maruruyag ka kumaon hin silot
Didto la nga didto la
Kan Nanay nga didto la.
Kan Tatay nga didto la, pakigsabot.
Agidaw-gidaw an bukaw
Naglupad-lupad ha igbaw
Agidaw-gidaw an gitgit
Naglupad-lupad ha langit
Agidaw-gidaw an bukaw
Naglupad-lupad ha igbaw
Agidaw-gidaw an gitgit
Linmupad ha langit
Enero, Pebrero, Marso, Abril, Mayo,
Hunyo, Hulyo, Agosto,
Setyembre, Oktubre,
Nobyembre, Desyembre,
Lubi-lubi.
Versions
There are at least twenty recordings of Lubi-Lubi.[https://www.filipinaslibrary.org.ph/search-collection/?keywords=Lubi+lubi Lubi Lubi] Filipina Heritage Collection It is a traditional Filipino song.{{cite news |last1=Richardson |first1=Clem |title=For two Filipino nurses in Brooklyn, their traditional music is a family affair |url=https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/brooklyn/filipino-nurses-brooklyn-traditional-music-family-affair-article-1.1117670 |access-date=February 12, 2021 |work=New York Daily News |date=July 20, 2012}} The song is used to help memorize the months of the year.
In popular culture
In 1970, the song was first made into a lullaby which was originally recorded by Antonio Regalario and performed by Restituta Tutañez.{{Cite web |date=Oct 17, 2023 |title=CCP CONTINUES TO PROMOTE PHILIPPINE INDIGENOUS LULLABIES WITH HIMIG HIMBING: MGA HELENG ATIN |url=https://culturalcenter.gov.ph/press-release/ccp-continues-to-promote-philippine-indigenous-lullabies-with-himig-himbing-mga-heleng-atin/ |access-date=Jan 12, 2024 |website=CCP}} In 2023, the Cultural Center of the Philippines' Himig Himbing: Mga Heleng Atin included the song together with other Filipino songs and hele to promote indigenous lullabies.{{Cite web |title=CCP continues to promote Philippine Indigenous lullabies with 'Himig Himbing: Mga Heleng Atin' |url=https://mb.com.ph/2023/10/17/ccp-continues-to-promote-philippine-indigenous-lullabies-with-himig-himbing-mga-heleng-atin |access-date=2024-01-13 |website=Manila Bulletin |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Manipon |first=Roel Hoang |date=2023-12-26 |title=More native lullabies get modern treatments, introduced to new audiences |url=https://lifestyle.tribune.net.ph/more-native-lullabies-get-modern-treatments-introduced-to-new-audiences/ |access-date=2024-01-13 |website=Daily Tribune Lifestyle |language=en-US}}
References
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External links
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=29G2npbSugk Lubi-Lubi Song {{ndash}} Tagalog Months of the Year Song, robie317 ] via YouTube
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PyrtLVjakA0 Lubi-Lubi {{ndash}} Filipino Months of the Year Song 2020 {{ndash}}Tagalog Kids Song, robie317 ] via YouTube
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zP-eTMQlDp0&list=OLAK5uy_kL3AXa8yD141mH1lXM1iLGYD3RQQeEPd4 Lubi-Lubi {{ndash}} Mabuhay Singers (Lubi-Lubi & other Waray Folksongs)] via YouTube
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_Sl5LJOquk Lubi Lubi | Himig Himbing: Mga Heleng Atin] via YouTube
- [https://philnews.ph/2020/04/07/months-of-the-year-in-tagalog-english-to-tagalog-translations/ Months Of The Year In Tagalog | English To Tagalog Translations] (Philippine News)