Yorkshire Lullaby
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Yorkshire Lullaby Lyrics. An original lullaby inspired by the Yorkshire Dales, shaped by sheep farming and dry stone walls across windswept moors. Yorkshire is England’s largest historic county, with its own proud dialect and traditions, including Wensleydale, a crumbly cheese first made by monks in the dale of the same name centuries ago. 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 “Yorkshire Lullaby” Means
The Yorkshire Dales, with their windswept moors and dry stone walls, have long been shaped by sheep farming and a strong tradition of rural community life. This original lullaby draws on those moorland and sheep-farming images of Yorkshire 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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