Lyrics - Italian
(Italian folk song)
Ninna nanna
Coccola della mama
Ninna nanna
Coccola del papa
(repeat)
English Translation - Lullaby
Ninna nanna (lullaby)
Cuddle with mama
Ninna nanna
Cuddle with papa
See also
- Country: Italy
- Subject: lullabies
- Harmony: I IV V chords
- Meter: 6/8
- Scale: major
- Source: Songs That Children Sing, Eleanor Chroman, Oak Publications, 1970
YouTube
- Song with chords (PDF)
- MIDI file
- Listen to the song
4 thoughts on “Ninna Nanna”
Have you found this piece anywhere else? I am looking for it on youtube or somewhere similar and cannot find this particular piece. Suggestions?
No, I have not found this piece elsewhere. – Beth
We sing it in the so called „Musikgarten“ for babies…found a record on German YouTube
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Du7vNlhoCXQ
My Italian grandfather “got off the boat” in NYC in 1914. I remember him singing a lullaby to my brothers and presumably to me 70 years ago. The words that I can remember are
Ninna, nonna, ninna, nonna
Bimbo bella, della mama
I seem to remember that there were two additional lines. Does anyone know them?
He was from Malvaglio, a distant suburb of Milan.
Thanks,
Robert