Perché vuoi tu fidar la barca al mare
Language: Italian (Italiano)
Perché vuoi tu fidar la barca al mare Se il vento t'è contrario a navigare? La barca senza vele non può andare E per forza l'amor non lo puoi fare.
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Authorship:
- by Raffaele Petrosemolo , free translation from the dialect.  [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 Francesco Paolo Tosti (1846 - 1916), "Perché vuoi tu fidar la barca al mare", published 1879 [voice and piano], from Canti popolari abruzzesi, no. 9. [text verified 1 time]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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