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Artist: Renato Carosone
Canonical path: /renato-carosone/-o-mafiuso
Related lyric paths: 6
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'O Mafiuso
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'O Mafiuso
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I.
Tu si peggio 'e "Rififì"
tu 'ngalera vai a fernì!…
Sotto 'a falda d' 'o cappiello
t'annascunne st'occhie belle,
st'uocchie 'nziste comme a te.
(fischio)
Statte accorto a polizia
si te pesca 'mmiezzo 'a via
nun può fa cchiù guapparie,
tu 'ngalera vai a fernì!…
Tu si peggio 'e "Refifì!…".
Ritornello:
'Unne vai?… 'Unne viene?…
'O revolvere addò 'o tiene
Mafiuso?… Mafiuso mio?…
'Unne viene?… 'Unne vai?…
Tu te miette 'mmiezzo 'e guaie,
mafiuso, mafiuso mio!…
Cammina sotto 'o muro,
nun sgarrà!…
Chell'ombra dint' 'o scuro
chi sarrà?…
Nun sparà!…
Nun sparà!…
Bello e mamma, piccerillo
ma pecchè te vuò 'nguaià?…
'Unne vai?… 'Unne viene?…
'O revolvere addò 'o tiene
mafiuso?… Mafiuso!… Mafiuso!…
II.
Tutte 'e juorne 'int' 'o cafè,
tutte 'e notte 'o tabarè.
C' 'o vestito 'e gabardine
cu 'n' addore 'e brillantine
ca se spanne attuorno a te.
(fischio)
Chisto è 'o sisco da quistura,
picciuttiè, miette 'a sicura,
si te piglia 'a nervatura
chisà comme va a fernì
cu stu fatto 'e "Rififì!…".
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Renato Carosone performs "'O Mafiuso", and this lyric page sits inside the Renato Carosone catalog on LyroVerse.
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Yes. The related section below points to 'O Sarracino and Badù Badù (Isle of Capri 1989 Version) with a short reason for opening each page next.
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