Yap Stone Money Lullaby
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Yap Stone Money Lullaby Lyrics. An original lullaby inspired by rai, the giant carved-stone money of Yap in the Federated States of Micronesia, still recognized as currency today. A rai’s value has little to do with its size alone — it depends on the story behind it, including how it was quarried and carried from distant islands, so even a stone too large to move can remain valuable simply through its known history. 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 “Yap Stone Money Lullaby” Means
On the island of Yap, giant carved-stone discs called rai have served as a form of money for centuries, standing along village paths and still recognized as currency today. This original lullaby draws on those stone-disc and village-path images of Yapese heritage.
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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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