by Giovanni Battista Lorenzi (1721 - 1807)
Tu lo focile 'mpietto
Language: Italian - Neapolitan (dialect)
Tu lo focile 'mpietto mme jette ticche ticche: l'esca a lo ffuoco azzicche, pe farela appiccia'. E mò che bbide nn'aria sagli' l'allummenaria, stuta, mme staje a ddi'? Ah 'mpiso 'mpiso, 'mpiso, tu mme vuò fa mori'. Nè... Nè... m'avite 'ntiso? Zì... Zì... Se pò sperà? Schiavo de Varvaria, vide, che percopia canaglia, mme faje fa'.
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- by Giovanni Battista Lorenzi (1721 - 1807), no title [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Giovanni Paisiello (1740 - 1816), "Tu lo focile 'mpietto", R 1.21 (1769), first performed 1769, from opera Don Chisciotte della Mancia [sung text checked 1 time]
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