Sleep Soft, My Guernsey Child
Sleep Soft, My Guernsey Child Lyrics. An original lullaby inspired by Guernsey's English-language cradle-song tradition, from the Channel Island once home to the exiled writer Victor Hugo, who called its cliffs 'a piece of France that fell into the sea'. 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 Soft, My Guernsey Child” Means
The French writer Victor Hugo lived in exile on Guernsey for 15 years, writing much of Les Misérables while looking out over its granite cliffs, which he once called 'a piece of France that fell into the sea and was gathered up by England.' This original lullaby borrows that same clifftop, sea-facing view.
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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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