Comments on: Does anyone know if the words to “Bella che dormi” in Italian are correct? http://www.mamalisa.com/blog/does-anyone-know-if-the-words-to-bella-che-dormi-in-italian-are-correct/ Language, Culture and Kids Songs! Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:49:25 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Monique http://www.mamalisa.com/blog/does-anyone-know-if-the-words-to-bella-che-dormi-in-italian-are-correct/comment-page-1/#comment-193881 Monique Sun, 28 Dec 2008 16:10:08 +0000 http://www.mamalisa.com/blog/?p=1944#comment-193881 On the site Infanziaweb.it, someone is looking for the lyrics to a ditty that goes "bella che dormi sul letto di fiori mentre dormiva la cara mammina,oh poverina chi dorme sarà. oh Maria Giulia dove sei stata fai un passo fanne un'altro etc etc etc " so maybe you both have a part of it, or a variant. Wearing red underpants seems to be a tradition, just write "mutande rosse capodanno" and you'll find quite a lot of sites that mention it. Why? it seems it's to bring luck -or scare bad luck away. On the site Infanziaweb.it, someone is looking for the lyrics to a ditty that goes
“bella che dormi sul letto di fiori
mentre dormiva la cara mammina,oh poverina chi dorme sarà.
oh Maria Giulia dove sei stata fai un passo fanne un’altro etc etc etc ” so maybe you both have a part of it, or a variant.

Wearing red underpants seems to be a tradition, just write “mutande rosse capodanno” and you’ll find quite a lot of sites that mention it. Why? it seems it’s to bring luck -or scare bad luck away.

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