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DONNA LOMBARDA (Italian)

Donna lombarda, donna lombarda, donna lombarda
Tu vuoi venire al ballo con me, al ballo con me?

Io veneria ben volentieri, io veneria
Ma ho paura del mio marì, del mio marì.

Tuo marito l'è un uomo vecchio, un uomo vecchio,
T'ho da insegnare a farlo morir, a farlo morir

E vai nell'orto di tuo padre, e vai nell'orto
Là c'è la testa del serpentin, del serpentin

Lo prenderai, lo pesterai, lo prenderai
E nel buon vino lo metterai, lo metterai

E riva a casa suo marito, e riva a casa
Tutto sudato dal lavorar, del lavorar

Donna lombarda, donna lombarda, donna lombarda,
Vammi a cercare tu del buon vin, tu del buon vin

Tu lo vuoi bianco, tu lo vuoi rosso, tu lo vuoi rosso
Donna lombarda, come vuoi tu, come vuoi tu

E un bambino di nove mesi, e un bambino
Sta nella culla così parlò, così parlò

Oh mio padre, oh mio buon padre, oh mio buon padre
Se lo berrai tu morirai, tu morirai

E lui si mise la spada al fianco, la spada al fianco
Donna lombarda beva ste vin, beva ste vin

E ogni goccia che lei beveva, che lei beveva
Lei la diceva addio marì, addio marì,

Addio marito, addio per sempre, addio per sempre
Ci rivedremo là su nel ciel, là su nel ciel.
DAME LOMBARD

Dame Lombard, Dame Lombard, Dame Lombard
Will you come to the dance with me, to the dance with me?

I would willingly come, I would come
But I'm afraid of my husband, of my husband.

Your husband is an old man, an old man,
I have to teach you how to make him die, to make him die

Go to your father's garden, go to the garden
There is the head of the snake, of the snake

You'll get it, you'll crush it, you'll get it
And in good wine you will put it, you will put it

And her husband comes home, he comes home
All sweaty from working, from working

Dame Lombard, Dame Lombard, Dame Lombard,
Go and find me some good wine, some good wine

Do you want it white, do you want it red, do you want it red?
Lombard woman, as you wish, as you wish

And a nine-month-old baby, and a baby
Lies in the cradle and he spoke thus, he spoke thus

Oh my father, oh my good father, oh my good father
If you drink it you will die, you will die

And he put his sword to his side, his sword to his side
Dame Lombard, drink this wine, drink this wine

And every drop that she drank, that she drank
She said farewell husband, farewell husband,

Farewell husband, farewell forever, farewell forever
We'll meet again up there in the sky, up there in the sky.
Donna Lombarda -as sung by Giordano Dell’Armellina.
You’ll find 16 versions collected in “Canti popolari del Piemonte” by Costantino Nigra.
There are more in different Italian collections.

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