Gaucho Lullaby (Uruguay)
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Gaucho Lullaby (Uruguay) Lyrics. An original lullaby inspired by the gaucho, Uruguay’s iconic cowboy of the open pampas, celebrated each year at the Semana Criolla festival. Semana Criolla takes place during Holy Week each year, filling arenas with jineteada, daring displays of horsemanship as riders attempt to stay mounted on wild, bucking horses, and no gathering of gauchos would be complete without mate, the shared herbal tea passed from hand to hand as a sign of friendship. 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 “Gaucho Lullaby (Uruguay)” Means
The gaucho, Uruguay’s iconic cowboy of the open pampas, lives a life shaped by horses, cattle, and the shared ritual of drinking mate tea, celebrated each year at the Semana Criolla festival. This original lullaby draws on those pampas and cowboy-camp images of Uruguayan gaucho 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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