The word “Ibanag” derives from the prefix “i” meaning ... - Buffalo

An example is this one entitled “Lizard” (Wein 1987:33):
Itte, dua, tallu, appa, lima,
Annam, pitu, walu, siam, mafulu.
Alifa, ta alifa,
Taddanak ku ta issi.
Poppo, ta poppo.
Taddanak ku ta dufo.
Azzo lappaga ta zizzing,
Ari faga naguzzin.
Azzo lappaga ta daddal,
Ari faga nagatang.
One, two, three, four, five,
Six, seven, eight, nine, ten.
Lizard, oh Lizard,
I’ll pay [you] with sugar.
Clap, oh clap.
I’ll pay [you] with a banana.
It’s still at the wall,
Not yet reddish.
It’s still with the Chinese,
Not yet bought.
In Sanchez Mira, Cagayan, the kinantaran, a song debate, features a boy named Pepe
and a girl named Neneng, dancing as they sing verses to each other. In a typical
exchange, Pepe may tell Neneng “I love you so much. Please take pity on me,” to
which Neneng may reply, “Go away. I do not care to hear your pleas. Wait for
another day.” Today, young men and women shy away from the kinantaran.
Attempts to keep the form alive have brought in boys and girls to perform the debate
mainly at social gatherings.
Harana is the term used to refer to love songs performed for serenades. Here the men
beg the girl to get up from her bed to show her face at the window, begging forgiveness
for the disturbance and their poverty.
The anthem refers to patriotic songs dedicated to the province or to certain towns.
Performed during official days or functions, these include “Cagayan Anthem,”
“Cagayan Geography,” “Cagayan Day,” and “The Town of Pamplona.”
The aguinaldo are carols sung by children, as they go from house to house asking for
“aguinaldo” (gift) during the Christmas season. These may be songs in Ibanag or
contemporary carols in English or Tagalog.
The salubong is a song specifically sung by little children dressed as angels at the rite of
the salubong or padafung on Easter Sunday. It tells the Virgin, who suffered so much