r/dalmatia • u/RahBeyah • Aug 30 '26

Pitanje - Question Trying to find some Dalmatinian songs

My nan, a proud Dally (apologies if spelling is wrong), passed this morning. We're trying to find some of the songs she used to sing bc of course she didn't tell us the names, she'd just burst out into song and dance at the drop of a hat 😁❤️

I'm gonna post thew few lyrics we know (phonetically spelled out as I don't know the actual words. I'm open to any and all suggestions even if they don't exactly match in case we're all misremembering parts.

First song:

Ya sa my kah soo la fee na, ya sa my kah soo la foo

Second song:

Chella Bella Bella mai ya moo ya

Apologies for butchering anything, I just want to make sure we send her off right, honouring each part of her.

Thanks friends ❤️

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u/expertrainbowhunter Aug 30 '26

Second song is: Ciribela mare moja

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u/RahBeyah Aug 30 '26

You're an absolute legend! My mom's Dida used to sing this with her and my nan. Thank you, from the borrom of my heart.

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u/expertrainbowhunter Aug 30 '26

Glad to help! What part of Dalmatia are they from?

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u/RahBeyah Aug 30 '26

Our family is from Split. We all lived in New Zealand but my nan grew up surrounded by all the Yugoslavs in Auckland. Found a photo this morning of her group who danced the collar 😍

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u/Whiskey_sunflower Aug 30 '26

Hey, the first one might me Ja san majko cura fina, check out the link to see if it sounds like it: https://youtu.be/H4VOPoPxc7s?si=tjhgQuq3tkAa5mHH

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u/RahBeyah Aug 31 '26

Yes! This is it, thank you!

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u/Whiskey_sunflower Aug 31 '26

Woohoo! Happy to help!

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u/expertrainbowhunter Aug 30 '26

Hey neighbour, Aussie here. Heard there’s heaps of dalmos in NZ

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u/RahBeyah Aug 31 '26

There are heaps! I actually live in Australia now too, back in NZ bc of my nan. There are loads of us here for sure. My nan grew up in this restaurant where all the Dally men would hang out, eat, drink, gamble in the 40s 😅

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u/TeoBa19 Aug 31 '26

mladen grdovic - bella mia