CII
“Adina Mona,” with its Italian-sounding words, is noisy, but not so rough:—
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Ho! Adina Mona,
Adina Mona,
cutchy fe gran’ma;
Adina Mona,
Me tell Nana marnin’.
Adina Mona,
Nana no want it;
Adina Mona,
Me beg Nana wahter;
Adina Mona,
Him give me dirty wahter,
Adina Mona.
Here they stand face to face in separate couples. At the beginning of one bar the boys knock their hands upon their thighs, and at the beginning of the next bar clap them against those of their partners, as in the first motion of the game of Clip-clap. As they do this the boys walk backwards, occasionally wheeling, and making, as they say, “all manner of flourish.”