Creole Lullaby (Dominica)
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Creole Lullaby (Dominica) Lyrics. An original lullaby inspired by Dominica’s Kweyol-speaking Creole heritage, celebrated each year at the World Creole Music Festival. Every year in late October, the World Creole Music Festival draws performers from across the French Caribbean to Dominica’s capital, and the island also celebrates Jounen Kwiyol, Creole Day, a dedicated holiday when Kweyol dress, food, and language take center stage across communities nationwide. 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 “Creole Lullaby (Dominica)” Means
“Manman” means mother in Kweyol, the French-based Creole language spoken across Dominica, celebrated each year at the World Creole Music Festival. This original lullaby draws on those rainforest and drum-music images of Dominica’s Creole life, with “manman” used as a warm address rather than a literal translation.
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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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