Lhotshampa Lullaby
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Lhotshampa Lullaby Lyrics. An original lullaby inspired by the Lhotshampa, Nepali-speaking communities of southern Bhutan’s warm foothill valleys. Lhotshampa families first settled Bhutan’s southern foothills in the late 19th century as farmers, but in the early 1990s tens of thousands were expelled from the country, spending decades afterward in refugee camps in Nepal before many were eventually resettled in countries like the United States, Canada, and Australia. 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 “Lhotshampa Lullaby” Means
The Lhotshampa are Nepali-speaking communities of southern Bhutan’s warmer foothill valleys, where cardamom farming has long shaped daily life. This original lullaby draws on those foothill and farming images of Lhotshampa life.
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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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