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by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

Lo zoccolaro
Language: Italian - Neapolitan (dialect) 
Zoccolaro! Ah chi vo lo 
zoccolaro lo scarpino chi lo vò,
no carri vanno a lo paro,
ma chiù poco nce li dò
a chi bella vo parè 
Zoccolaro zuoccolè!

Nce ne stanno peccerelle
Fatte acconce, mo nce vo,
A li piede aggraziatielle
Solamente nce li dò,
Che chiù bell' anno a pare

Ogni chiuovo ch' aggio miso
Me so puosto a sospirà:
Comm' è doce chil lo piso
Ca sto ligno portarrà,
Furtunato è chiù de mè

Quanta core nnammorate
Li vorranno mmidià,
Ca doje zuoccole apparate,
Vollarriano addeventà,
se la pigliano co mè

Si quarcuno fa l'ammore
S'accattasse chisti ccà,
Ca non fanno mai rommore
E non scetano a mammà!
Guè pericolo non nc'è

Schitto po co li figliole
Io non saccio litigà,
Ca dicenno doie parole
Me sapranno contentà,
Pensaranno armeno a mè

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 Teodoro Cottrau (1827 - 1879), "Lo zoccolaro" [voice and piano] [
     text verified 1 time
    ]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2014-05-26
Line count: 31
Word count: 136

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