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Kuy Lullaby
Key: A minor~55 BPMGuitar & Piano chordsOriginal · Kuy, Cambodia
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Kuy Lullaby Lyrics. An original lullaby inspired by the Kuy people, one of Cambodia’s largest Indigenous highland groups, living across the country’s northern forests. Here you will find the lyrics, meaning, and chords.
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Lyrics & chords
An original arrangement, with guitar & piano chords above each line.
Verse
Am Dm Am
Sleep now, little one, the forest trees are still,
Dm Am E7
the evening birdsong quiets now, upon the wooded hill.
Am Dm Am
Sleep now, little one, the rice fields rest tonight,
Dm Am E7
tomorrow’s sun will rise for you, and fill the sky with light.
In English
What the words mean
“Sleep now, little one, the forest trees are still, the evening birdsong quiets now, upon the wooded hill. Sleep now, little one, the rice fields rest tonight, tomorrow’s sun will rise for you, and fill the sky with light.”
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Chords — guitar & piano
Am
Guitar
Piano
Dm
Guitar
Piano
E7
Guitar
Piano
Good to know
What “Kuy Lullaby” Means
The Kuy are one of Cambodia’s largest Indigenous highland groups, living across the country’s northern forests with a culture built around rice farming and traditional forest knowledge. This original lullaby draws on those forest and farming images of Kuy life.
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