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from Volkslieder (Folksongs)

A la femminisca
Language: Italian (Italiano) 
Signuruzzu miù faciti bon tempu
ha iu l'amanti miu 'mmezzu lu mari
l'arvuli d'oru e li ntinni d'argentu
la Marunnuzza mi l'av' aiutari

chi pozzanu arrivaeri 'nsarva mentu
e comu arriva 'na littra ma fari
ci ha mittiri du duci paroli
comu ti l'ha passatu mari mari

Text Authorship:

  • from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , from Sicily.  [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 Luciano Berio (1925 - 2003), "A la femminisca", 1964, from Folk Songs, no. 5, note: arranged for Cathy Berberian [
     text verified 1 time
    ]

Researcher for this page: Jeroen Scholten

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 47

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