AustLit

'Every apocalypse needs its own theme song, and writer and radio maker Belinda Lopez has chosen the Cielito Lindo — Sing and Don't Cry.

'It's the "ay ay ay ay" song — the beloved tune of Mariachi bands the world over.

'She sings it to her baby every night, to soothe herself, as much as for her as her little girl.

'Belinda's mother and father sing it too, over Facetime, to their first and only grandchild.

'But is it okay to sing and not cry in a global pandemic?'

Source: Radio National Fictions.