Tuk Band Lullaby
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Tuk Band Lullaby Lyrics. An original lullaby inspired by Tuk band, a Barbadian street-music tradition blending British fife-and-drum with African rhythm. Tuk band grew out of British military fife-and-drum music, reshaped over generations by enslaved and free Black Barbadians into something entirely new, its rhythms syncopated and loosened from the strict formal marches it was born from, giving tuk its own distinctly Caribbean bounce. 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 “Tuk Band Lullaby” Means
Tuk band, a Barbadian street-music tradition, blends British military fife-and-drum with African rhythm, often accompanied by stilt-walkers and costumed dancers. This original lullaby draws on those fife-and-drum and street-performance images of Bajan Tuk band 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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