Indo-Trinidadian Lullaby
▶ More lullabies on YouTube
Indo-Trinidadian Lullaby Lyrics. An original lullaby inspired by Indo-Trinidadians, descendants of Indian indentured laborers who created chutney music on Trinidad’s sugarcane estates. Chutney music grew out of traditional songs performed at Hindu wedding rituals like matikor, eventually blending with soca to create chutney soca, a lively hybrid genre that has become a fixture of Trinidad’s Carnival season, carrying Indian melodic and rhythmic roots into the heart of Caribbean celebration. 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 “Indo-Trinidadian Lullaby” Means
“Mai” is a Bhojpuri word for mother, still used among some Indo-Trinidadian families. Descendants of Indian indentured laborers brought to Trinidad’s sugarcane estates created chutney music, blending Indian melodies with Caribbean rhythm. This original lullaby draws on those chutney-music and sugarcane images of Indo-Trinidadian life, with “mai” used as a warm address rather than a literal translation.
More songs to sing & play
Back to all our nursery rhymes and lullabies — each one with a different friend.
← All nursery rhymes Compare Lullaby Traditions 🌍Sources & rights
- 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.
Spotted a mistake or know a better source? Tell us. How we work · Get in touch