Marquesas Islands Lullaby
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Marquesas Islands Lullaby Lyrics. An original lullaby inspired by the Marquesas Islands, a remote archipelago of French Polynesia renowned for its intricate tattoo art and wood-carving tradition. The Marquesas were once home to the painter Paul Gauguin, who spent his final years there, and long before him, local carvers were already shaping tiki figures from wood and stone to represent and honor ancestors watching over the living. 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 “Marquesas Islands Lullaby” Means
The Marquesas Islands, a remote and mountainous archipelago of French Polynesia, are renowned for their intricate tatau tattoo art and wood-carved tiki figures, traditions passed down through generations of artisans. This original lullaby draws on those carved-tiki and steep-valley images of Marquesan heritage.
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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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