Temne Lullaby
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Temne Lullaby Lyrics. An original lullaby inspired by the Temne people, Sierra Leone’s largest ethnic group, living across the northern rice-farming region. Temne farmers have long adapted their rice cultivation to the region’s seasonal floods, timing planting and harvest around the rains, and traditional Temne communities are still led by paramount chiefs carrying the title Bai, a leadership structure that has endured for generations alongside Sierra Leone’s modern government. 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 “Temne Lullaby” Means
The Temne are Sierra Leone’s largest ethnic group, living across the northern region with a culture built around rice farming and coastal fishing. This original lullaby draws on those farming and coastal images of Temne life.
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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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