Mennonite Lullaby (Paraguay)
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Mennonite Lullaby (Paraguay) Lyrics. An original lullaby inspired by the Mennonite farming communities who settled Paraguay’s Chaco region beginning in the 1920s. When Mennonite settlers arrived in the 1920s, the Paraguayan Chaco was considered nearly uninhabitable, yet through generations of hard work they transformed it into one of the country’s most productive dairy and farming regions, all while keeping their own schools, German-based Plautdietsch dialect, and largely self-governing communities intact. 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 “Mennonite Lullaby (Paraguay)” Means
“Mutta” is a Plautdietsch (Low German) word for mother, spoken by the Mennonite farming communities who settled Paraguay’s Chaco region beginning in the 1920s. This original lullaby draws on those windmill and farmland images of Mennonite-Paraguayan life, with “Mutta” used as a warm address rather than a literal translation.
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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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