Reunion Lullaby
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Reunion Lullaby Lyrics. An original lullaby inspired by La Reunion, France’s volcanic island in the Indian Ocean, home to a vibrant Reunion Creole culture. The island is home to Piton de la Fournaise, one of the world’s most active volcanoes, and to maloya, a soulful musical tradition born among enslaved and indentured workers, now recognized by UNESCO as part of humanity’s intangible heritage. 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 “Reunion Lullaby” Means
Momon is a Reunion Creole word for mother, spoken on this volcanic Indian Ocean island where sugarcane fields spread beneath a still-active volcano. This original lullaby draws on those sugarcane-field and volcanic-island images of Reunion Creole 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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