Bai Storyboard Lullaby
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Bai Storyboard Lullaby Lyrics. An original lullaby inspired by the bai, Palau’s traditional meeting houses decorated with carved and painted storyboards depicting island legends. A bai is built entirely without nails, its heavy timber frame held together with wooden pegs and lashings, and the storyboards carved into its walls preserve legends that were, for generations, told aloud rather than written down. 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 “Bai Storyboard Lullaby” Means
Palau’s traditional bai meeting houses are decorated with carved and painted storyboards depicting island legends, a craft tradition tied closely to community life and canoe-building skill. This original lullaby draws on those painted-storyboard and lagoon-reef images of Palauan 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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