Anjouan Lullaby
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Anjouan Lullaby Lyrics. An original lullaby inspired by Anjouan, one of the world’s largest producers of the fragrant ylang-ylang flower. Ylang-ylang flowers are hand-picked at dawn, while their fragrance is at its strongest, then distilled into the essential oil used in perfumes around the world, including, famously, as one of the key notes in Chanel No. 5. 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 “Anjouan Lullaby” Means
The Comorian island of Anjouan is one of the world’s largest producers of ylang-ylang, a fragrant flower distilled into perfume oil and grown on steep mountain terraces. This original lullaby draws on those perfume-flower and terraced-mountain images of Anjouan island 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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