Go beddy-bye (lovely this your name

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Translation © by Garrett Medlock

Fa la nanna (bello codesto tuo nome

Language: Italian (Italiano) after the Italian - Sicilian

Our translations: ENG

Fa la nanna (bello codesto tuo nome:
Chi glielo mise è un galantuomo).
Ritornello
  Bo, bo, dormi piccolo e fa la nanna.
  Bo, bo, dormi piccino e fa la nanna.

Fa la nanna (sonno vieni:
Vieni a cavallo e non a piedi).
Ritornello

Fa la nanna (dormite, dormite:
Che gli alberelli son morti di sete.
Ritornello

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a text in Italian - Sicilian from Volkslieder (Folksongs)
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Line count: 11
Word count: 56

Go beddy‑bye (lovely this your name

Language: English after the Italian (Italiano)

Go beddy-bye (lovely this your name:
Which to him it made a gentleman).
Refrain
  Bo, bo, sleep little one and go beddy-bye.
  Bo, bo, sleep little one and go beddy-bye.

Go beddy-bye (come, sleep:
Come on horseback and not on foot).
Refrain

Go beddy-bye (sleep, sleep:
[For] the saplings are dead of thirst.
Refrain

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a text in Italian (Italiano) by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist
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Based on:

a text in Italian - Sicilian from Volkslieder (Folksongs)
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This text was added to the website: 2020-04-11
Line count: 11
Word count: 54