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Crop Over Lullaby
Key: A minor~55 BPMGuitar & Piano chordsOriginal · Crop Over, Barbados
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Crop Over Lullaby Lyrics. An original lullaby inspired by Crop Over, Barbados’s biggest festival, celebrating the end of the sugarcane harvest. Here you will find the lyrics, meaning, and chords.
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Lyrics & chords
An original arrangement, with guitar & piano chords above each line.
Verse
Am Dm Am
Sleep now, little one, the sugarcane fields are still,
Dm Am E7
the Crop Over drums have quieted now, upon the harvest hill.
Am Dm Am
Sleep now, little one, the calypso song is near,
Dm Am E7
tomorrow’s sun will rise for you, and chase away all fear.
In English
What the words mean
“Sleep now, little one, the sugarcane fields are still, the Crop Over drums have quieted now, upon the harvest hill. Sleep now, little one, the calypso song is near, tomorrow’s sun will rise for you, and chase away all fear.”
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Chords — guitar & piano
Am
Guitar
Piano
Dm
Guitar
Piano
E7
Guitar
Piano
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What “Crop Over Lullaby” Means
Crop Over, Barbados’s biggest festival, celebrates the end of the sugarcane harvest with calypso music, costumes, and street parades dating back to the island’s plantation era. This original lullaby draws on those sugarcane-field and festival images of Bajan life.
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