Matona mia cara, mi follere canzon
cantar sotto finestra, Lanze bon compagnon. 
Don don don diridiridon don don don 

Ti prego m'ascoltare che mi cantar de bon
e mi ti foller bene come greco e capon. 
Don don don diridiridon don don don 

Com'andar alle cazze, cazzar con le falcon,
mi ti portar beccazze, grasse come rognon
Don don don diridiridon don don don 

Se mi non saper dire tante belle rason
Petrarca mi non saper, ne fonte d'Helicon. 
Don don don diridiridon don don don 

Se ti mi foller bene mi non esser poltron;
mi ficcar tutta notte, urtar come monton
Don don don diridiridon don don don

Note: this is Italian with a fake-German accent.

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 Roland de Lassus (1532 - 1594), "Matona mia cara", 1581. [four-part chorus] [
   text verified 1 time
  ]

Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):

• FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Erkki Pullinen) , title unknown, copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• ENG English (David Wyatt) , title 1: "My tear laydee", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• ENG English (David Wyatt) , title 1: "My dear lady", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 15
Word count: 109