by Giuseppe Petrosellini (1727 - 1799)
Vuoi tu, Rosina
Language: Italian (Italiano)
(nel tempo del ritornello egli cerca grattandosi la testa, e poi canta, facendo le castagnette colle dita, e ballando sui ginocchi, come fanno i vecchi) Vuoi tu, Rosina, far compra fina d'un bello sposo, che merti, o cara, tutto l'amore? Tirsi non sono, ma ancor son buono, ed io ti giuro, quando fa scuro han tutti i gatti un sol colore: dunque, mia cara bella, prendi questo mio core.
Authorship:
- by Giuseppe Petrosellini (1727 - 1799) [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 Giovanni Paisiello (1740 - 1816), "Vuoi tu, Rosina", 1782, first performed 1782, from opera Il barbiere di Siviglia, no. 14 [sung text checked 1 time]
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