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Our Music: La Vaca NonesaOur Music: La Vaca Nonesa

Mi son la Vaca Nonesao`l tram de Val de Nonl`e ani che gironzoloe tiro `l me vagon.

I maldicenti stupidiLa vaca I me ga dit.Per questa voze angelicaDe toro for a drit.

Io sono il tram-“Trento-Malè”Ma il vero nomL`e “Vaca Nonesa”De Val de Non

En di `l diseva `n parocoChe I gaga `l pentiment;Che monta su la NonesaE anca `l testament.

Difati a gran pirecoleCascavavo guasi giù,En di `n tel Nos! Miracolo!Me sen fermada ampò.

Fastidi po, no torteneSe fosti caminà.Desun da mi de polvereSarasti rimpinzà.

E compra pure l`AdigeE anche`l corierinTe gai ben temp de lezerliEn fin en Camp Trentin.

Ades I me fa corereA scartament ridot.Atento che a pirecoleNarem po pu de trot.

Mi son la “Vaca Nonesa”E vago `n Val de Sol,Se vegno adasi scusemeSe fa quel se pol.

he train from Trento to its final destination: Male` in the next valley, the Val di Sole was a legend, folk-lore, a mascot…and besides that a real train, un tram. While ridiculed affectionately, it was indeed theVaca Nonesa that transported the thousands of Nonesi down to Trento where they connected with trainsthat brought them to the seaports…and finally to our shores. It was kind of …slow…and its horn

sounded like a cow…na vaca. The train often came off the tracks, boulders fell on to the rails, so that people hadto walk. I remember when I was going to Vermiglio in the Val di Sol in 1948 to visit my Zia Suora, my dad toldme…Louis…salta giu…rubaghe en pom e salta su”…Lou…jump off…pick an apple and jump right back on.Imagine…I acquired these lyrics from Mauro Dalpiaz of the Coro dei Anziani of the Village of Tassullo. Go totheir website www.coroparrocchialetassullo.it and you will find this funny song sung by his choir as well as manyother songs of theirs and the Trentino repertoire.

TTI am the Nones cowOr the train of the Val di NonIt’s been years that I travelAnd I pull my cars.

The stupid neersayers Have called me a cow.For this angelic sound (the train’shorn), I simply go forward

I am the train: Trento MalèBut my true nameIs “Nones cow”Of the Val di Non.

One day the pastor had saidThose who board the NonesaShould repent …And write their will.

In fact, at the great turnsI would also hurl down One day into the river Nos.Miracle! I stopped just in time

Don`t get annoyedIf you have to walkWithout me, you would becovered with dust.

And buy the Adige and also acomic book. You will have time toread them getting to the outskirtsof Trento.

Now they make me run faster at alower price. Beware with all theturns, we will have to go faster.

I am the “Vaca Nonesa” and goto the Val di Sole. If I go slowly, Ido what I can

Original Vaca Nonesa-Trento-Malè

Vaca Nonesa in the Val di Non

Choir of the parish Church of the Assumption-Tassulo, Val di Non