The lullaby is a real Italian lullaby called Fate la nanna, coscine di pollo. It's one of those slow, sad-sounding lullabies. Listen to it here.
Matteo's silent prayers were broken by the voice of a stranger. Dual-colored eyes blinked open and he looked up at the husky standing in the doorway, looking more dull than afraid despite the curdled fear settling into his stomach. It wasn't that the stranger was frightening in appearance or anything. No, actually, Matteo found the man to be attractive in his own way. He was dual-toned like most Huskies were with ice-colored eyes and markings far more attractive than that of any coyote or wolf. Teo had always appreciated the markings dogs could have; far more appealing than blotchy grays, browns and blacks.
The other male spoke in English, a language that Matteo had come to understand as a pup, despite Italian being his first tongue. As far as he could tell, the soaked male wanted to bunk down in his and Giuseppe's room. Who was he to say no?
Rather than speaking, he glanced over at one of the empty beds and then back at the husky, nodding his timid approval. Once sure that his point had been made, he curled in on himself again and closed his eyes, opting to fall asleep rather than to remain awake in the company of a total stranger. Softly, under his breath, he whispered an Italian lullaby, one his mother used to sing to him as a pup. Hopefully, he'd fall asleep to it, and by the time he'd awaken, the ship would be docked or the storm would be over, and he'd be back on land yet again.
Fate la nanna coscine di pollo,
la vostra mamma vi ha fatto un gonnello,
e ve l'ha fatto con lo smerlo in tondo,
fate la nanna coscine di pollo.
Dormi, dormi coscine di pollo,
che la mamma cuce il gonnello;
te lo cuce con tutto il contorno.
Dormi, dormi coscine di pollo
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