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by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

La battaglia italiana
Language: Italian (Italiano) 
(Prima parte)

 Signori et cavalieri
 D'ingegno e forza udite la vittoria
 Del Duca di Milan Francesco Sforza 
 Pon pire pon lire pon lire lon
 AII'armi o trombetti o tamburini
 Li inimici son vicini 
 Butte selle monta a caval
 Tutt'alli stendard,
 Tara tum lure la 
 Fari rari ron fainant.

 Gente d'armi a li stendardi 
 Su su fanti a Ia bandiere 
 Gli aversari vengon gagliardi
 Via caval leggieri 
 Gente state d'armi all'ordinieri in quella prataria 
 Capitan et buon guerrieri
 De la nobil fantaria 
 Da man manc'arditi et fieri
 In battaglia ciascun stia 
 Vivandieri Carriazzi Saccomani
 Su via non passate quei sentieri
 State strett'in compagnia
 Fulminate cannonieri 
 Con la vostr'artiglieria
 Tif tof ure lure lure lof
 Duca! Italia! 
 Tric trac tric trac mazza tocca dagli Duca 
 Scampe scampe da li Francois.

(Seconda parte)

 El gran Duca milanese
 Guard'il ponte 
 Con la sua gente lombarda
 E gran Duca milanese 
 Sta ben forte alle contese 
 Contra sì gross'antiguardia
 D'assai compagnia francese 
 Dobbe dobbe dobbe Duca! Italia!
 Compagnons avant donnes 
 De dans frappes de dans France
 Tues ces vilains France Marcho
 Fa ri ra ri ron 
 Su schioppetti su archibugi
 Tif tof tif tof 
 Dif dof ture lure lof 
 Su che son confusi li francois
 A più non pos passat'il fos 
 A dos a dos mazza hai canaglia 
 O nostre dame o bon Iesu 
 Astur nous sommes perdus
 Hai poltroni, hai bottiglioni
 Gli ha pur persa la giornata 
 Su la peverat'hai miseri Francois. 

(Terza parte)

 O Signori ltaliani 
 Su ogn'alemano a voi
 Vien la furia amara 
 D'ogni Sguizaro villano
 Scoppettier su spara 
 Non scargate colp'invano
 Dobbe dobbe dobbe
 Tif tof tif tof 
 Fa ri ra ri ron faine
 Fa ri ra ri ron
 Italia! Duca!
 Fa ri ra n ron
 Har har raube 
 Myrher myrher perausche
 De vir vilen latin buben
 Har har vir villen 
 Chuden rubel binden
 Su alabardieri
 Urta spezza 
 Maglia hai vil canaglia 
 La si sbaraglia mazza taglia
 A los villiacos 
 Qui viene a ellos 
 Qui son rottos hides hechios
 Le pur vinta la battaglia
 Vittoria! ltalia!
 Fa ri ra ri ron 
 Viva 'l Duca con tutta la Italia
 Viva 'l Duca de Milano.

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 Mathias Hermann Werrecore (d. 1574+), "La battaglia italiana" [
     text verified 1 time
    ]

Researcher for this page: John Versmoren

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 83
Word count: 351

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