I want to build a house | I want to build a house surrounded by the sea

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by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

Translation © by Laura Prichard

Amor marinaro

Language: Italian (Italiano)

Our translations: ENG ENG

Me voglio fa 'na casa miez' 'o mare
Fravecata de penne de pavune,
Tralla la le la...

D'oro e d'argiento li scaline fare
E de prete preziuse li barcune,
Tralla la le la...

Quanno Nennella mia se va a facciare
Ognuno dice "mò sponta lu sole",
Tralla la le la...

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 Gaetano Donizetti (1797 - 1848), "Amor marinaro", subtitle: "Canzonetta napoletana", IGD 67 no. 4, A 198, published 1837 [ voice and piano ], from Soirées d'automne à l'Infrascata, no. 4 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Luk Laerenbergh) , "Sailor's love", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Laura Prichard) , "I want to build a house", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Luk Laerenbergh

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 9
Word count: 50

I want to build a house

Language: English after the Italian (Italiano)

I want to build a house surrounded by the sea
made of the feathers of a peacock.
Tralla la le la, tra la la la.

Of gold and silver I will make the stairs 
and of precious stones, the balconies.
Tralla la le la, tra la la la.

When my Nennalla leans out
everyone will say, here comes the sun.
Tralla la le la, tra la la la.

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a text in Italian (Italiano) by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist
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This text was added to the website: 2015-12-26
Line count: 9
Word count: 68