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Nona, bressa (Bye-byes, rocks) Traditional lullaby from County of Nice.
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Nona, bressa, Lou pichoun devessa. Lou pichoun vòu pas durmì, Lou souon souon vòu pas venì. Nona, bressa, Lou pichoun devessa. | | Bye-byes, rocks, The little child lies down. The little child doesn’t want to sleep, The sleep doesn’t want to come. Bye-byes, rocks, The little child lies down. |
Variant, collected by the canon P. Belgrand |
Nona, bressa, Lou moulin de Vença, La mamà de Casternóu Pissa au liech e di que plóu... Di que brunìa, Si bagna la camiha. Si bagna lou lançóu, Di que plóu. | | Bye-byes, rocks, The mill from Vence, The mother from Châteauneuf Wets her bed and says it’s raining... She says it’s drizzling, She wets her nightie. She wets the sheet, She says it’s raining. |
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