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Question

my nana used to sing a song to us as kids and i need to translate it and use it for my italian class but i cant remember the words..it sounded like this "sega mulega nubala" and then there was something else but thats when she would tickle us and we couldnt hear what she said...as she sang this song she would hold us on her lap and rock us back and forth and then tickle us at the very end..can anyone help me here?

what are the real words and what is the english translation?

i tried to google it and look it up online but since i dont know the correct spelling and real words (im goin based on how they sound) i couldnt get far..thank u for any help u can give me :)

p.s i dont know if its a lullaby or a nursery rhyme or what..she would sing it to us from the time we were babies until we were about 4...no one in my family knows the real words and my nana died so we cant exactly ask her lol

Answer 1

... i never heard these words...nothing to do with italian language...never heard about this song, probably a lullaby or nursery rhyme as you said...hope that someone else can help you

Answer 2

it's really difficult to help you!

i'm italian but "sega mulega nubala" don't means nothing. look like an african language.

Answer 3

Yes! I know exactly what u are looking for!

is "sedia sediola":

Sega segola

Leonardo va alla scuola

si porta il canestrello

pieno, pieno di pizzutello

la maestra gli fa festa

e lo butta dalla finestra.

At the last part you tikle the kid!

I'll write the translation later

ciao

Alessandro

Translation:

chair, little chair

Leonardo goes to school

he brings the basket (for the food)

full full of pizzutello (type of grapes)

the teacher eats all

and throw he out the window

Answer 4

I feel that's the one, "SETA MONETA" :

Seta moneta

le donne di Gaeta

che filano la seta

la seta e la bambagia

bambini chi vi piace

ci piace Giovanni

che fa cantare i galli

la chioccia coi pulcini

i galli e le galline

che fanno coccodèè

canta gallina

fa l'ovo domattina

vicino al gallo rosso

vicino al gallo bianco

che fa chicchirichìi

Seta moneta

le donne di Gaeta

che filano la seta

la filan troppo forte

e fan tremar le porte

le porte son d'argento

e fanno cinquecento

centocinquanta

tutto il mondo canta

canta lo gallo

risponde la gallina

Madama Colombina

s'affaccia alla finestra

con tre colombe in testa

Passan tre fanti

su tre cavalli bianchi:

bianca la sella,

bianca la donzella,

bianco il parafieno

Seta moneta

le donne di Gaeta

che filano la seta

la seta e la bambagia....

....bambini vi è piaciuta?

This is a lullaby not that popular in the whole Italy but rather common in the southern regions. I bet yr nana was from the region of Naples or some other southern area.

If that's the one you may email me (click on my profile for email address) and I will send you my rough translation into English (being the lyrics a mix of Italian, old Italian and dialect a few words are not exactly translatable). Also, since it's a lullaby, words make not too much sense;  what's important to a lullaby writer is the rigmarole's rhythm and not the real meaning of the sentences.

Answer 5

it's either as martox45 suggests or she just sand some nonsense words to her made up tune.

Answer 6

Maybe:

Sega sega mulega

andiamo a Gaeta

a vedere le belle donne

che filano la lana

che filano la seta

sega sega mulega

?????? I think this is the song you're searching for!!!