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Sleep Tight, Likkle Wan
Key: A minor~59 BPMGuitar & Piano chordsOriginal · Belize
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Sleep Tight, Likkle Wan Lyrics. An original lullaby inspired by Belize's Kriol cradle-song tradition, spoken widely alongside English and Garifuna along the Caribbean coast and its famous barrier reef. Here you will find the lyrics, English translation, meaning, and chords.
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Lyrics & chords
An original arrangement, with guitar & piano chords above each line.
Verse
Am E Am
Sleep tight, sleep tight, likkle wan,
Dm E Am
di reef stil andah di moon.
C G
Palm tree wavin sof an slow,
Dm E Am
sleep tight, sleep tight, mi swit wan.
In English
What the words mean
“Sleep tight, sleep tight, little one, the reef is still under the moon. The palm tree waves soft and slow, sleep tight, sleep tight, my sweet one.”
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Chords — guitar & piano
Am
Guitar
Piano
Dm
Guitar
Piano
E
Guitar
Piano
C
Guitar
Piano
G
Guitar
Piano
Good to know
What “Sleep Tight, Likkle Wan” Means
Belize is home to the second-largest barrier reef in the world, and Belizean Kriol (spoken by most of the population alongside English) carries a warm, sing-song rhythm well suited to lullabies. This original lullaby borrows that same reef-side calm.
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