Haida Lullaby
Haida Lullaby. A traditional song of the Haida people, an Indigenous nation of the Pacific Northwest Coast, reflecting their connection to the sea, nature, and family traditions. The Haida are renowned for towering cedar totem poles and oceangoing dugout canoes carved from a single log, skills passed down through generations on Haida Gwaii, their traditional island homeland off the coast of British Columbia. Central to Haida life is the potlatch, a ceremonial gift-giving feast that Canadian law banned for decades in the 20th century before the tradition was reclaimed and is now openly celebrated again. On this page, you will find the meaning, cultural context, and chords.
Hum & play
A swaying chant on soft syllables. The two chords rock back and forth like the tide.
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Chant — soft vocables
Chords — guitar & piano
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The story
Indigenous lullabies are part of a millennia-old oral heritage. The arrangement presented here is an original reworking, intended as a respectful tribute to the beauty and spirituality of these cultures.
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- A traditional song of an Indigenous people. Songs like this belong to their communities, and we share it with respect.
- 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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