Afro-Guyanese Lullaby
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Afro-Guyanese Lullaby Lyrics. An original lullaby inspired by Afro-Guyanese coastal communities, keepers of queh-queh, a traditional wedding-eve celebration rooted in West African heritage. A queh-queh gathering unfolds through call-and-response songs and dance performed late into the night before a wedding, a tradition that survived generations of suppression during the colonial era to remain a cherished part of Afro-Guyanese celebrations today. 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 “Afro-Guyanese Lullaby” Means
Afro-Guyanese communities along the coast keep alive queh-queh, a traditional wedding-eve celebration of song, drumming, and dance rooted in West African heritage. This original lullaby draws on those drum and coastal-village images of Afro-Guyanese 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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