Sleep Small, Sugar Child
Sleep Small, Sugar Child Lyrics. An original lullaby inspired by Saint Kitts and Nevis' English-based cradle-song tradition, from the smallest sovereign country in the Americas, once shaped by its sugarcane fields. Here you will find the lyrics, English translation, meaning, and chords.
Lyrics & chords
An original arrangement, with guitar & piano chords above each line.
Verse
What the words mean
Chords — guitar & piano
What “Sleep Small, Sugar Child” Means
Saint Kitts and Nevis is the smallest sovereign country in the Americas by both area and population, its landscape shaped for centuries by sugarcane and watched over by the cloud-capped Nevis Peak and the fortress of Brimstone Hill. This original lullaby borrows that same small-island pride.
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- An original lullaby by Relax In No Time, inspired by the musical traditions of its region. The words, melody, arrangement and recording are ours.
- 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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