Signor Abbate1! Io sono,
Io sono, Io sono ammalato.
Santo Padre, vieni e date2 mi
la benedizione, la benedezione.
 
Hol' Sie der Teufel, wenn Sie nicht kommen,
hol' Sie der Teufel!

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¹ Otto Stolz notes that this is normally written "Abate"
² Otto Stolz notes that the correct Italian would be either "vièni e da'" or "venite e date".

Text Authorship:

• by Anonymous / Unidentified Author [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 Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827), "Signor Abbate", subtitle: "An der Musikschriftsteller und Komponist Abbé Maximilian Stadler", 1826. [
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Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):

• DUT Dutch (Nederlands) (Lidy van Noordenburg) , title 1: "Heer Abt", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• GER German (Deutsch) (Otto Stolz) , title 1: "Herr Abbé", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Lidy van Noordenburg

This text was added to the website: 2009-03-25
Line count: 6
Word count: 33