Ojibwe Lullaby
Ojibwe Lullaby. A traditional song of the Ojibwe (Anishinaabe) people, sung to comfort children and reflecting the culture and bond with nature of these people. The Ojibwe are one of the largest Indigenous nations in North America, spread across the Great Lakes region of both the United States and Canada, and manoomin, wild rice harvested by canoe from shallow lakes each autumn, remains both a staple food and a sacred practice, tied closely to the Seven Grandfather Teachings that guide Anishinaabe values like honesty, respect, and courage. On this page, you will find the meaning and chords.
Hum & play
A steady chant on soft syllables, moving like slow waves over the three chords below.
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Chant — soft vocables
Chords — guitar & piano
A clean, printable PDF of the chords on this page. Free for members — sign in to download.
The story
Indigenous lullabies are part of a millennia-old oral heritage. The arrangement presented here is an original reworking, intended as a respectful tribute to the beauty and spirituality of these cultures.
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- A traditional song of an Indigenous people. Songs like this belong to their communities, and we share it with respect.
- 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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