Australian Bush Lullaby
Australian Bush Lullaby Lyrics. An original lullaby inspired by Australia’s outback and bush country, with its eucalyptus trees, kookaburras, and the Southern Cross overhead. The kookaburra’s famous laughing call actually belongs to the world’s largest kingfisher species, and Australia is home to more than 700 species of eucalyptus, many so well adapted to the continent’s fire-prone landscape that some depend on the heat of a bushfire to trigger their seeds to germinate. The Southern Cross overhead, meanwhile, is best seen from the Southern Hemisphere and holds such significance that it appears on the Australian flag itself. Here you will find the lyrics, meaning, and chords.
Lyrics & chords
An original arrangement, with guitar & piano chords above each line.
Verse
What the words mean
Chords — guitar & piano
What “Australian Bush Lullaby” Means
Australia’s outback and bush country, with its eucalyptus trees, kookaburras, and the Southern Cross overhead, has long inspired the folk songs of rural settler tradition. This original lullaby draws on those classic images of the Australian bush.
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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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