La donna del capitano | Su, a cavallo!

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by Robert Burns (1759 - 1796)

Translation © by Amelia Maria Imbarrato

O mount and go

Language: English

Our translations: FRE ITA

  O mount and go, 
  mount and make you ready, 
  O mount and go,  
  and be the Captain's lady.  

When the drums do beat, 
and the cannons rattle, 
Thou shalt sit in state, 
and see thy love in battle: 
  O mount and go, &c.

When the vanquish'd foe 
sues for peace and quiet, 
To the shades we'll go, 
and in love enjoy it. 
  O mount and go, &c.

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Text Authorship:

by Robert Burns (1759 - 1796), "The Captain's lady", written 1789 [author's text checked 1 time 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 (Franz) Joseph Haydn (1732 - 1809), "Mount your baggage", Hob. XXXIa [ baritone, violin, violoncello, piano, and instrumental ensemble ] [sung text checked 1 time]

Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Wilhelm Christoph Leonhard Gerhard (1780 - 1858) , "Hauptmanns Weib" ; composed by Ferdinand David, Robert Schumann.

Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "La dame du capitaine", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ITA Italian (Italiano) (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , "La donna del capitano", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2003-11-19
Line count: 14
Word count: 68

La donna del capitano

Language: Italian (Italiano) after the English

Su, a cavallo!
Acciaio su corpo delicato,
elmo e spada
per la donna del capitano.

Al suono del tamburo,
nella nebbia della polvere,
vedi il giorno sanguinoso
e il tuo amato in battaglia.

Quando battiamo il nemico,
tu baci il tuo consorte
e vivi unita a lui
nell'ombra della pace.

Text Authorship:

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Based on:

a text in English by Robert Burns (1759 - 1796), "The Captain's lady", written 1789
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This text was added to the website: 2009-04-30
Line count: 12
Word count: 50