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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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