Sleep Sweet, Lil Islander
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Sleep Sweet, Lil Islander Lyrics. An original lullaby inspired by Antigua and Barbuda's English-based cradle-song tradition, home to a beach for every day of the year and one of the world's largest frigatebird colonies. Here you will find the lyrics, English translation, meaning, and chords.
Lyrics & chords
An original arrangement, with guitar & piano chords above each line.
Verse
What the words mean
Chords — guitar & piano
What “Sleep Sweet, Lil Islander” Means
Antigua is famously said to have 365 beaches, one for every day of the year, while its sister island Barbuda hosts one of the largest frigatebird colonies in the Caribbean. This original lullaby borrows both, the endless beaches and the sleeping seabirds.
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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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