Who wants to buy the dainty lark

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by Carlo Goldoni (1707 - 1793)

Translation © by Bertram Kottmann

Chi vuol comprar la bella calandrina

Language: Italian (Italiano)

Our translations: ENG GER

Chi vuol comprar la bella calandrina,
Che canta da mattino in fino a sera?
Chi vuol comprar la, venga a contratto!

Sempre a buon pattola venderò.
La bella calandrina! Chi vuol comprar la?

È sì gentil, ha così dolce il canto,
E vender la degg'io che l'amo tanto;
Ma questo è il mio mestiere,
No'l fo per piacere! Venga! venga!

Sempre a buon pattola venderò.
La bella calandrina! Chi vuol comprar la?

Text Authorship:

by Carlo Goldoni (1707 - 1793) [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 Niccolò Jommelli (1714 - 1774), "Chi vuol comprar la bella calandrina", 1750?, first performed 1751 [ voice and orchestra ], from opera L'uccellatrice [sung text checked 2 times]

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

ENG English (Bertram Kottmann) , copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Line count: 11
Word count: 72

Who wants to buy the dainty lark

Language: English after the Italian (Italiano)

Who wants to buy the dainty lark
that sings from dawn to dusk?
He, who wants to buy it, come and do a deal!
 
As usual I will sell it on good terms.
The lovely lark! Who wants to buy it?
 
It is delightful and its song is sweet as well;
but that is my trade,
I do not do it for pleasure! Come, come!
 
As usual I will sell it on good terms.
The lovely lark! Who wants to buy it?

About the headline (FAQ)

Translation of title "L'uccellatrice" = "The bird-catcher"

Note: Calandrina (Calandrella rufescens) is also known as the lesser short-toed lark

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a text in Italian (Italiano) by Carlo Goldoni (1707 - 1793)
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This text was added to the website: 2013-07-26
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Word count: 82