1. Cummari Nina, Cummari Vicenza, Mintitivi a lenza Ca nasci 'u 'nguà 'nguà. 2. Havi sett'anni Ca su' maritata, Nun passa st'annata Mi chiamu mamà. 3. S'è masculiddu Lu mannu a la scòla, S'è fimminedda Quazetta mi fà. 4. Cummari Nina, Cummari Vicenza, Mintitivi a lenza Ca nasci 'u 'nguà 'nguà.	1. Hey! kimmer Nina! Hey! kimmer Vicenza! Not many months hence a Wee "guah-guah" you'll see! 2. I have been married Sev'n years altogether, Before 't is another A mother I'll be! 3. If it's a daughter I'll set her to knitting If a boy, then, as fitting, To school off goes he! 4. Hey! kimmer Nina! Hey! kimmer Vicenza! Not many months hence a Wee "guah-guah" you'll see!
Canto du' Contadini Etnei. Song of the Peasants from the neighborhood of Mount Etna.—The "nguà, nguà" is the sound by which they imitate the cry of an infant, in their dialect.

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Marzo, Eduardo. Songs of Italy; sixty-five Tuscan, Florentine, Lombardian and other Italian folk- and popular songs. New York: G. Schirmer, 1904. 188

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