Breton Lullaby
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Breton Lullaby Lyrics. An original lullaby inspired by Bretagne, France’s Celtic-language region, with its granite coastline, lighthouses, and fishing villages. Breton is a Celtic language, a distant cousin of Welsh and Cornish spoken across the sea, and for generations it was the fishermen’s wives and grandmothers who kept its lullabies alive while the boats were out. 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 “Breton Lullaby” Means
Mamm is the Breton word for mother, part of the Celtic Breton language still spoken across Bretagne, a region shaped by its granite coastline, lighthouses, and fishing villages. This original lullaby draws on those lighthouse and coastal-village images of Breton 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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