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
- PDF of song with chords
- MIDI file
- Listen to the melody
6 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
On Spotify https://open.spotify.com/track/6gTy0JGCDLt650KA0U2KW6?si=1AgJXnfSQbGHBWjBeg5hIg
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
I remember it as (please excuse spelling)
“Nina nona, nina bella mama tene filla fella”…. This seems to be the ultimate game of telephone through the ages🤣