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from Volkslieder (Folksongs)

Il primo amore
Language: Italian - Neapolitan (dialect) 
Gianetta bella ascolta mi, 
non mi lasciar dolente; 
Io venni espressamente, 
per teco favellar.
E deggio ognor ripeterti 
quello che ho fitto in core:
É caro il primo amore 
e non si puo scordar.

Ho sempre alla memoria 
quand' era fanciullino; 
Che da quel finestrino 
venivi a chiacchierar. 
Scherzavasia nascondersi 
come fratelli e suore; 
é caro il primo amore 
e non si puo scordar.

Text Authorship:

  • from Volkslieder (Folksongs)  [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 Charles Marie Jean Albert Widor (1844 - 1937), "Il primo amore", subtitle: "Canzona Napolitana", op. 32 no. 3 (1876) [ voice and piano ], from 3 mélodies italiennes, no. 3, Paris: J. Hamelle [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this page: Johann Winkler

This text was added to the website: 2020-10-30
Line count: 16
Word count: 64

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