Tamil Lullaby
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Tamil Lullaby Lyrics. An original lullaby inspired by Sri Lanka’s Tamil community, concentrated in the island’s hill country and northern regions, shaped by generations of tea plantation life. Sri Lanka’s hill-country Tamil community has a history distinct from the island’s older northern Tamil population, having arrived mostly in the 19th century as laborers brought by British planters to work the newly established tea estates, grueling and low-paid work that nonetheless built the foundation of the globally famous Ceylon tea industry that continues today. 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 “Tamil Lullaby” Means
Sri Lanka’s Tamil community, concentrated in the island’s hill country and northern regions, maintains a distinct language and Hindu temple culture shaped by generations of tea plantation life. This original lullaby draws on the tea-garden hill country central to Tamil life in Sri Lanka.
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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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