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by Angelo Ambrogini (1454 - 1494), as Angelo Poliziano

Canti ognun
Language: Italian (Italiano) 
Canti ognun, che canterò,
Dondol dondol dondolò.

Di promesse io son già stucco,
Fa’ ch’omai la botte spilli.
Tu mi tieni a badalucco
Con le man piene di grilli.

Dopo tanti billi billi
Quest’anguilla pur poi sdrucciola.
Per dir pur “lucciola, lucciola,
Vieni a me,” a me che pro?

Pur sollecito, pur buchero
Per aver del vino un saggio.
Quando tutto mi solluchero,
Egli è sant’Anton di maggio.

Tu mi meni pel villaggio
Per lo naso come el bufolo;
Tu mi meni pure a zufolo
E tamburo; or non più no.

Tanto abbiam fatto a cucù,
Che qualcun già ci dileggia:
E se il gioco dura più,
Vedrai bella cuccuveggia.

Tu sai pur che non campeggia
La viltà ben con l’amore:
Che l’è dentro e che l’è fore
Fa’ da te, ch’i’ non ci fo.

Text Authorship:

  • by Angelo Ambrogini (1454 - 1494), as Angelo Poliziano [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 Vittorio Rieti (1898 - 1994), "Canti ognun", 1945 [ voice and piano ], from Quattro liriche italiane, no. 4 [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2022-10-05
Line count: 26
Word count: 135

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