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Slip Naoia, Pikinini
Key: A minor~58 BPMGuitar & Piano chordsOriginal · Vanuatu
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Slip Naoia, Pikinini Lyrics. An original lullaby inspired by Vanuatu's Bislama cradle-song tradition, from an archipelago of active volcanoes, home to the UNESCO-listed art of sand drawing. 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
Slip naoia, slip naoia, pikinini,
Dm E Am
Yasur i slip aninit long smok.
C G
San drawing i stap long sanbij,
Dm E Am
slip naoia, slip naoia, swit wan.
In English
What the words mean
“Sleep now, sleep now, little child, Yasur sleeps beneath its smoke. Sand drawings rest on the beach, sleep now, sleep now, sweet one.”
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Chords — guitar & piano
Am
Guitar
Piano
Dm
Guitar
Piano
E
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Piano
C
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Piano
G
Guitar
Piano
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What “Slip Naoia, Pikinini” Means
Vanuatu is home to Mount Yasur, one of the world’s most accessible active volcanoes, and to sand drawing, a UNESCO-recognized art form used across the islands to tell stories. This original lullaby, in Bislama (Vanuatu’s national language), borrows both, the smoking volcano and the storytelling sand art.
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