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Sleep Small, Sugar Child
Key: A minor~59 BPMGuitar & Piano chordsOriginal · Saint Kitts and Nevis
Sleep Small, Sugar Child Lyrics. An original lullaby inspired by Saint Kitts and Nevis' English-based cradle-song tradition, from the smallest sovereign country in the Americas, once shaped by its sugarcane fields. Here you will find the lyrics, English translation, meaning, and chords.
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Lyrics & chords
An original arrangement, with guitar & piano chords above each line.
Verse
Am E Am
Sleep small, sleep small, sugar child,
Dm E Am
Nevis Peak sleepin under cloud.
C G
Brimstone Hill stand watch tonight,
Dm E Am
sleep small, sleep small, sleep so proud.
In English
What the words mean
“Sleep small, sleep small, sugar child, Nevis Peak is sleeping under cloud. Brimstone Hill stands watch tonight, sleep small, sleep small, sleep so proud.”
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Chords — guitar & piano
Am
Guitar
Piano
Dm
Guitar
Piano
E
Guitar
Piano
C
Guitar
Piano
G
Guitar
Piano
Good to know
What “Sleep Small, Sugar Child” Means
Saint Kitts and Nevis is the smallest sovereign country in the Americas by both area and population, its landscape shaped for centuries by sugarcane and watched over by the cloud-capped Nevis Peak and the fortress of Brimstone Hill. This original lullaby borrows that same small-island pride.
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