Hush Now, My Little Robin
Hush Now, My Little Robin Lyrics. An original lullaby inspired by England's English-language cradle-song tradition, evoking the rose gardens and hedgerow robins found across the country's countryside. Here you will find the lyrics, English translation, meaning, and chords.
Lyrics & chords
An original arrangement, with guitar & piano chords above each line.
Verse
What the words mean
Chords — guitar & piano
What “Hush Now, My Little Robin” Means
The robin is England’s unofficial national bird, a familiar garden visitor across the country, while the rose is its official national flower, celebrated for centuries in English gardens and heraldry. This original lullaby borrows both, alongside the distant chime of London’s bells, to paint a gentle, homely English night.
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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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