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by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

La vecchia innamorata
Language: Italian (Italiano) 
Una vecchia sdentata e bavosa,
gobetta e rognosa di me innamorà,
un putta polita e galante,
d'aspetto prestante, fuggendo mi va,
tal che sprezzo chi m'ama e m'adora
languisco per una che morte mi dà.
Ah, ah dimmi Amor che sarà.

Colarini, camise e stringhette,
mutande e calzette la vecchia mi dà,
e la Putta mi dona dolori,
travagli e rancori che strugger mi fa;
tal che sprezzo la roba e'l diletto,
seguendo l'ingiuria, l'affanno e'l dispetto.
Ah, ah, fammi, Amor, fortuna!

A la vecchia gli dago, gli grido,
la burlo e sì rido con più le instizzà,
a la Putta m'inchino e piego,
la supplico e priego, che m'habbi pietà.
Ma la sorda non sente i miei guai,
e la vecchia mi lascia già mai.

Mille gonne, mill'acque, mill'arti,
in tutte le parti la Vecchia si fa,
e la Putta polita e modesta,
né in viso né in testa sporchezza si dà,
tal che è mejo morire per Fia,
che viver per Vecchia dipinta e polia.

Text Authorship:

  • by Anonymous / Unidentified Author, from Canzonette [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 Biagio Marini (1597 - 1665), "La vecchia innamorata", 1623. [voice, basso continuo (chitarrone) and violin] [
     text verified 1 time
    ]

Researcher for this page: Ferdinando Albeggiani

This text was added to the website: 2008-03-31
Line count: 26
Word count: 167

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