Pontic Lullaby
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Pontic Lullaby Lyrics. An original lullaby inspired by the Pontic Greek community, whose roots trace to the Black Sea coast and whose music centers on the kemenche fiddle. Most Pontic Greek families were forced to leave their Black Sea homeland in the early 20th century amid the upheavals following the First World War, resettling mainly in Greece, yet the community kept its music and language alive, still dancing today to the same driving kemenche rhythms their ancestors played on that distant coast. 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 “Pontic Lullaby” Means
The Pontic Greek community traces its roots to the Black Sea coast, where the kemenche, a three-stringed fiddle distinct from Crete’s lyra, accompanies fast circle dances called the serra. This original lullaby draws on those coastal and circle-dance images of Pontic Greek heritage.
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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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