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by Giovanni Battista Lorenzi (1721 - 1807)

Venga pur, ma zitto zitto
Language: Italian (Italiano) 
Venga pur, ma zitto zitto,  
sulla punta del suo piè:
ch'io lo porto dritto dritto
dove dorme il caro ben.
La vedrete sopra un letto,
che non l'ha nemmeno un re,
e alternando il fiato in petto,
or abbassa, or alza il sen.
E le mosche discacciando
le va intanto il dio d'amor.
(Tu lo vuoi, ed io d'Orlando
ti farò più matto ancor.)

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Text Authorship:

  • by Giovanni Battista Lorenzi (1721 - 1807), no title [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 Giovanni Paisiello (1740 - 1816), "Venga pur, ma zitto zitto", R.1.21 (1769), first performed 1769 [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this page: Andrew Schneider [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2018-06-15
Line count: 12
Word count: 64

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