Thanks everyone for jumping in, I hope Ezio will join us soon. Like a good song, a good book gets around, I've got that Ditty Bag book too Thanks, Jon for those songs we all know in English: Funniculi and Santa Lucia. I have more 3 verses to Funiculi, Funicula in, I guess, what must be a Napolitan dialect because I have the translation into Italian. Here's a song about the cuckoo from Northern Italy I got from a German songster, Joseph Gregor. While we weather the winter, let's sing about May. Il Cucu L'inverno se n'e andato, L'aprile non c'e piu E maggio e ritornato Al canto del cucu Cucu, cucu, L'aprile non c'e piu E maggio e ritornato Al canto del cucu Lassu per le montagne La neve non c'e piu, Comincia a fare il nido Il povero cucu La bella alla finestra La guarda in su e ingiu La spetta il fidanzato Al canto del cucu Te l'ho pur sempre detto Che maggia ha la victu De far sentir l:amore Al canto del cucu The Cuckoo's Welcome translation: Win Stracke The snows of March have left us, The cold of April, too, And now in May we welcome The bird that sings cuckoo Cuckoo, cuckoo To snow and cold adieu We sing a song to welcome The bird that sings cuckoo The calf now seeks it's mother The lamb doth seek the ewe While up above doth hover The bird that sings cuckoo So, listen all you maidens, When young men swear they're true Just join the birds in singing The songs that sings cuckoo
judy
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