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Artist: Nino Rota
Canonical path: /nino-rota/nino-rota-la-luna-mezzo-o-mare
Related lyric paths: 6
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Nino Rota - La Luna Mezzo 'o Mare
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Nino Rota - La Luna Mezzo 'o Mare
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I. The Butcher
E la luna mezzo 'o mare
Mamma mia me maretari --
Figghia mia a cu te ddari
Mamma mia penzaci tu.
Si ti rugnu a la chiancheri,
Iddu va, iddu veni,
Sempe 'a sazizza ne mani teni...
Si ci pigghia 'a fantasia
Ti sazizza figghiuzza mia.
(Prosa)
Provera figghia
A corpu di suzizza
A vonnu assecutari,
Ma quannu mai, ti una beneri cu mia.
II. The Baker
E la luna mezzo 'o mare
Mamma mia me maretari --
Figghia mia a cu te ddari
Mamma mia penzaci tu.
Si ti rugnu 'o 'nzalataru
Iddu va, iddu veni,
'U pistuluni ne mani teni...
Si ci pigghia 'a fantasi
Ti pistulia figghiuzza mia.
(Prosa)
Provera figghia
A corpu di pistulona
Ti vonno assicutari,
Ma quannu mai, ea mia ti una baneri
III. The Fisherman
E la luna mezzo 'o mare
Mamma mia me maretari --
Figghia mia a cu te ddari
Mamma mia penzaci tu.
(Prosa)
Provera figghia
A corpu di pisci
vonnu assecutari,
Figghia me cori
IV. The Garden Man
E la luna mezzo 'o mare
Mamma mia me maretari --
Figghia mia a cu te ddari
Mamma mia penzaci tu.
Si ti rugnu 'o 'nzalataru
Iddu va, iddu veni,
Sempe 'o citrolu ne mani teni...
Si ci pigghia 'a fantasi
Ti citrolu figghiuzza mia.
REFRAIN
Oh Mama, pisce fritte bacala!
Oh Mama, pisce fritte bacala!
La Luna Mezzo 'o Mare (English)
And the moon is in the middle of the sea
Oh my mother I must get married --
Oh my daughter who will we get
My mother I leave it up to you.
(I)
If I get you the butcher
He will come and he will go,
But he'll always hold the sausage in his hand...
If the gets a bright idea
He'll sausage you oh my daughter.
(II)
If I get you the fisherman
He will come and he will go,
But he'll always hold the fish in his hands...
If he gets a bright idea
He'll fish you oh my daughter.
(III)
If I get you the shoemaker
He will come and he will go,
But he'll always hold the shoe in his hands...
If he gets a bright idea
He'll shoe you oh my daughter.
(IV)
If I get you the garden man
He will come and he will go,
But he'll always hold the cucmber in his hands...
If gets a bright idea
He'll cucmber you oh my daughter.
Nota:
Aqui está uma melodia nos estados que originarinaram E La Luna e
se tornou muito popular, chamado The Butcher Boy. E não se pode
interpretar a música literalmente.
Esta é uma música siciliana.
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