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Tanta Jana (Aunt Jane) Traditional round dance from County of Nice.
1st verse |
« Tanta Jana, que fas davau ? — Couli bugada, couli bugada. — Tanta Jana, que fas davau ? — Couli bugada, mau tambau. »
(It’s also found: — Couli bugada, m’escaufi’un pau. | | “Aunt Jane, what do you do over there? — I ‘flow the steam’, I ‘flow the steam’. — Aunt Jane, what do you do over there? — I ‘flow the steam’, bad drum.”
— I ‘flow the steam’, I warm up a little.) |
2nd verse |
« M’a sauta una beluga, M’a brulate la tartuga, M’a sauta un belugoun, M’a brulate lou coutilhoun. » | | “A spark jumps, It burned the tortoise (1), A small spark jumps, It burned the petticoat.” |
1. Tartuga is also for a silly girl.
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