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Sleep Sweet, Lil Islander
Key: A minor~59 BPMGuitar & Piano chordsOriginal · Antigua and Barbuda
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Sleep Sweet, Lil Islander Lyrics. An original lullaby inspired by Antigua and Barbuda's English-based cradle-song tradition, home to a beach for every day of the year and one of the world's largest frigatebird colonies. 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 sweet, sleep sweet, lil islander,
Dm E Am
three hundred beaches restin still.
C G
Frigate birds asleep on Barbuda,
Dm E Am
sleep sweet, sleep sweet, until.
In English
What the words mean
“Sleep sweet, sleep sweet, little islander, three hundred beaches resting still. Frigate birds asleep on Barbuda, sleep sweet, sleep sweet, until morning.”
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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 Sweet, Lil Islander” Means
Antigua is famously said to have 365 beaches, one for every day of the year, while its sister island Barbuda hosts one of the largest frigatebird colonies in the Caribbean. This original lullaby borrows both, the endless beaches and the sleeping seabirds.
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