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from Volkslieder (Folksongs)

Ballata della Cecilia (Cecilia Ballad)
Language: Italian (Italiano) 
O Cecilia, bella Cecilia 
Ca pianziva  a'l sò marì:
In parzòn i  gh'l'han purtè
E  i'l vurian fàgha' l murì.
 
Va Cecilia nelle carcere
A trovare 'l poer marì:
"Caro sposo e marito
Una cosa, una cosa ti vò dir"
 
V' è un giovin capitano
C' al vuriss durmì cun mì. --
-- Dòrmag  pur, Cecilia bella,
Ma  ca' al fagga grassia a mì! --
 
Quando vien la mezzanotte
La Cecilia trà un sospir
Fort ag vegna ìun màal ad coeur
La' s cardiva di morir.
 
A stanott am sum sugnè
Ch'im tachèva sù 'l marì --
-- Dormi ca  ad' man  mateina
Vadrì ancùr al vos marì.
 
L'è pur vegn ìa la matèina
La Cecilia s'è vestì
Guèrda fora  'd la finestra:
Tachè  sù gh'era al  marì!
 
Maladett  al Capitano
Ch' al m'ha tradì cusì!
Te 't mè  tolt anca l'onore
E la vita a mio marì 
 
O Cecilia ,bella Cecilia
La cridava notte e dì
E l'è morta dal dolore
La seguì 'l so bràv marì.

Text Authorship:

  • from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , Piacenza district 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 Mario Giuseppe Genesi (b. 1963), "Ballata della Cecilia (Cecilia Ballad)", op. 24 no. 5 [high voice and piano], from Cinque canti piacentini per voce acuta e pianoforte, no. 5 [ sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this page: Mario Giuseppe Genesi

This text was added to the website: 2012-03-02
Line count: 32
Word count: 163

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