

Papua New Guinea Lullaby
A gentle lullaby inspired by the extraordinary natural richness of Papua New Guinea — dense rainforest, winding rivers, and the birds of paradise that call its jungle canopy home. Papua New Guinea is the most linguistically diverse country on Earth, home to more than 800 distinct languages, and its spectacular birds of paradise have long been prized for their elaborate plumage, traditionally worn in ceremonial headdresses passed down through generations of highland communities that, remarkably, remained largely unknown to the outside world until the 1930s.
Chords — guitar & piano
What this song means
Original lullaby inspired by Papua New Guinea’s landscape and biodiversity, offered as a general and respectful tribute. Not a translation of any specific community’s traditional lullaby.
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- Words and melody: see the credits in the text of this page. Older songs are traditional or in the public domain; songs by known authors keep their authors' credit.
- Recording and arrangement: real instruments played by hand, no AI music, by Relax In No Time.
- Chords: written by us for guitar and piano.
- Translation: our own meaning-for-meaning translation, written for understanding. The sung words stay in the original language.
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