Karen Lullaby
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Karen Lullaby Lyrics. An original lullaby inspired by the Karen people, one of Myanmar’s largest ethnic minorities, who live largely in the hilly borderlands near Thailand. Many Karen communities became Christian following 19th-century missionary activity, giving parts of Karen society a religious makeup distinct from Myanmar’s Buddhist majority, and the Karen have also been engaged in one of the world’s longest-running armed conflicts with Myanmar’s central government, ongoing in various forms since 1949, a long struggle for greater autonomy that continues to shape Karen identity today. 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 “Karen Lullaby” Means
The Karen people, one of Myanmar’s largest ethnic minorities, live largely in the hilly borderlands near Thailand, with a culture built on bamboo house-building, rice farming, and river life. This original lullaby draws on those hill and river images of Karen tradition.
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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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