Carriacou Lullaby
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Carriacou Lullaby Lyrics. An original lullaby inspired by Carriacou, Grenada’s sister island, home to the Big Drum ceremony of African ancestral songs. The Big Drum ceremony, also called the Nation Dance, preserves songs and dances that trace back to specific African nations of origin, passed down and performed at weddings, thanksgiving feasts, and tombstone ceremonies honoring ancestors, one of the clearest living links to West and Central Africa found anywhere in the Caribbean. 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 “Carriacou Lullaby” Means
The Grenadian sister island of Carriacou keeps alive the Big Drum, or Nation Dance, a ceremony of African ancestral songs and rhythms passed down since the days of enslavement. This original lullaby draws on those drum-ceremony and schooner-boat images of Carriacou 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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