Burgenland Croatian Lullaby
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Burgenland Croatian Lullaby Lyrics. An original lullaby inspired by the Croatian minority of Austria’s Burgenland region, settled since the 16th century near the Hungarian border. Burgenland’s Croatian community traces back to families who fled the advancing Ottoman Empire in the 16th century, resettling in villages along what is now the Austrian-Hungarian border, and their own dialect, Burgenland Croatian, is still an officially recognized minority language in Austria today, kept alive across a cluster of villages in the region. 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 “Burgenland Croatian Lullaby” Means
“Mama” means mother in Croatian. The Croatian minority of Austria’s Burgenland region has lived near the Hungarian border since the 16th century, keeping alive its own dialect, colorful costumes, and the circle folk dance called kolo. This original lullaby draws on those village and folk-dance images of Burgenland Croatian life, with “mama” 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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