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by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

La chiajese
Language: Italian - Neapolitan (dialect) 
M'affaccio ala fenesta la matina
e bedo Cicco e Cola int'a la varca
che lassano da poppa Morveglina
e strillan'a Sorriento a chi se mmarca.
Le dico buon viaggio e po penz'io
pure accossì partette Ninno mio

Mamma mme dice, lava, io lavo e spanno
Li panne de li frate int'a l'arene.
Ma po mme vene a chiagnere penzanno
Ca Ninno cchiù non dà li panne a mmene.
Nce li stirava co tutto lo core 
E mmo Ninno non e ' è. Oh! che dolore.

Se a tavola me metto pe magnare
Nu muorzo 'ncuorpo non ce vò trasire.
Po tornano li vuzze da pescare
E sulo Ninno mio non bò venire.
Vene la sera e torna la matina
E io chiagno sempe e guardo Morveglina 

Nennillo mio d'amore, tu partive
E Rosa toja chiagnenno te guardava.
Nzignale co la mano le facive,
Lo moccaturo io sbentoliava.
Ogne bela che bedo tu mme pare 
Torna, o Nennella toja se jetta a mmare.

Text Authorship:

  • by Anonymous / Unidentified Author [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 Guglielmo Luigi Cottrau (1797 - 1847), "La chiajese" [
     text verified 1 time
    ]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2014-05-26
Line count: 24
Word count: 162

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