Scaramella | Scaramella goes to war with his lance and round shield

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Translation © by David Wyatt

Scaramella

Language: Italian (Italiano)

Our translations: ENG

Scaramella va alla guerra colla lancia et la rotella,
la zombero boro borombetta, la boro borombo.

Scaramella fa la gala cholla scharpa et la stivala,
la zombero boro borombetta, la zombero boro borombo.

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 Loyset Compère (c1440 - 1518), "Scaramella" [ vocal quartet ] [sung text not yet checked]
by Josquin des Prez (c1440 - 1521), "Scaramella" [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (David Wyatt) , "Scaramella", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , John Versmoren

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 4
Word count: 33

Scaramella

Language: English after the Italian (Italiano)

Scaramella goes to war with his lance and round shield,
Bom-borom-borom-bom...

Scaramella is out for fun, with his shoes and pack,
Bom-borom-borom-bom...

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Based on:

a text in Italian (Italiano) by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist
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This text was added to the website: 2012-07-14
Line count: 4
Word count: 22