Boka Kotorska Lullaby
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Boka Kotorska Lullaby Lyrics. An original lullaby inspired by the Bay of Kotor community of Montenegro, home to one of the world’s oldest maritime traditions and Venetian-influenced coastal towns. The Bay of Kotor is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and the region is still home to the Boka Navy, a ceremonial maritime guild whose roots stretch back many centuries, considered one of the oldest continuously active seafarers’ associations anywhere in the world. 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 “Boka Kotorska Lullaby” Means
The Bay of Kotor community of Montenegro carries one of the world’s oldest maritime traditions, the Boka Navy, founded over a thousand years ago, alongside Venetian-influenced architecture along its dramatic mountain-ringed bay. This original lullaby draws on those maritime and mountain-bay images of Boka Kotorska 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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