Language: Italian (Italiano)
Il lunedì voi mi parete bella,
E martedì che mi parete un fiore;
E mercodì che siete un fior novello,
Il giovedì un bel mazzo di viole;
E venerdì che siete la più bella,
Il sabato, che siete un fior fiorito:
E poi vien la domenica mattina,
Pare che siete una rosa in su la spina.
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Note: the text above is taken from lines 1-8 of the original text.
Composition:
Set to music by Blair Fairchild (1877 - 1933), "Il lunedì", lines 1-8 [ voice and piano ], confirmed with a 1989 edition, Recital Publications, Huntsville, TX
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- ENG English (Garrett Medlock) , "On Monday", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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Word count: 72
Language: English after the Italian (Italiano)
On Monday you appear beautiful to me,
And Tuesday you look like a flower to me;
And Wednesday you are a fresh flower,
On Thursday a beautiful bunch of violets;
And Friday you are the most lovely,
On Saturday you are a flower in bloom:
And then comes Sunday morning,
It seems you are a rose with a thorn.
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