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by Ferdinando Russo (1866 - 1927)

Mamma mia che vo' sape'
Language: Italian - Neapolitan (dialect) 
Quanno 'a notte se ne scenne
p'abbruciá chist'uocchie stanche,
quann'io veglio e tu mme manche...
sento 'a smánia 'e te vasá!
E te chiammo e schiara juorno,
ma è pe' ll'ate stu chiarore...
tengo 'a notte dint''o core
e nun pòzzo arrepusá...

Ah, nun mme fá murí!...
tu che ne vuó' da me?
Mamma mia mme vène a dí pecché
chesta smánia nun mme vò' lassá...
Ah, nun mme fá murí...
Tu che ne vuó' da me?
Mamma mia che vò' sapé?
Mamma mia ch'ha da appurá?
Nun mme fido d''a vasá...

Mamma mia, 'sta vicchiarella,
ca mme guarda pe' gulío
e andivina 'o core mio,
tale e quale comm'a te...
Mamma mia mme vène appriesso,
cu na faccia 'e cera fina,
e mme guarda e nn'andivina
chesta freva mia ched è!

Ah, nun mme fá murí...
tu che ne vuó' da me?
Mamma mia nun pò capí pecché
chesta smania nun mme vò' lassá...
Ah, nun mme fá murí...
Tu che ne vuó' da me?
Mamma mia te sape a te
comm'a n'angelo 'e buntá...
Mamma mia ch'ha da appurá?!

Text Authorship:

  • by Ferdinando Russo (1866 - 1927) [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 Emanuele Nutile (1862 - 1932), "Mamma mia che vo' sape'" [
     text verified 1 time
    ]

Researcher for this page: Robert Uomini

This text was added to the website: 2008-02-06
Line count: 34
Word count: 181

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