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by Giuseppe Palomba (flourished 1769-1825)

Tutti nemici, e rei
Language: Italian - Neapolitan (dialect) 
Tutti nemici, e rei,    
tutti tremar dovete,
perfidi lo sapete
e mi zucate ancor?
Sto baffo cca de becco,
sta scirpia mmalorata,
sta poppa de sciabbecco
me vonno ntossecà.
Mo ncuollo na paglietta
ve voglio appiccecà.
Nge voglio pe sta storia
Casoria revotà.
Ajemmè ca mm'amenacciano,
mo arrangano, mo tacciano,
gnernò... non dico a buje.
Gnernò... non dico a lei.
Gnernò... non dico a chessa,
gnernò... non dico a chella.
(Mo affé ca la tua pella
si masto de cappella
non bace no befà.)
D'arraggia oimé sto chino,
e manco ho da sbafà;
e n'tanto a lo cerviello
me volle na caudara
blo, blo, che bolle e spara,
e a furia nzine fino
na rota de molino
pe capo vene, e bà...

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Text Authorship:

  • by Giuseppe Palomba (flourished 1769-1825), 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 Valentino Fioravanti (1764 - 1837), "Tutti nemici, e rei", 1799, first performed 1799. [ sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this page: Andrew Schneider [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2018-06-25
Line count: 29
Word count: 122

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