LA PINOTTA (Italian) |:"O Pinotta, bella Pinotta*, una grazia vorrei da te.":| |:"Dimmi, dimmi che grazia vuoi?" "Una notte a dormir con te.":| |:"Vieni, o vieni a l'undic' ore quando mamma e papà non c'è.":| |:"L'undic' ore son già suonate. Oi Pinotta, vien giù da me.":| |:"Sono scalza in camiciola; dammi il tempo da rivestir.":| |:"Cosa importa che tu ti vesta, quando nuda tu piaci a me.":| |:La Pinotta a quindic'anni Era mamma di un bel bambin.:| |:Era biondo e ricciolino Assomigliava a suo papà.:| |:"Lo porteremo a battezare Nella chiesa di San Martin.:| |:Li metteremo tre bei nomi Piero, Paulo e Giovanin.:| |:Faremo fare tre bei mestieri Furbo, ladro e ciavarin."**:|

JOSIE "O Josie, beautiful Josie, I would like a favor from you, "Tell me, tell me what grace do you want?" "A night to sleep with you." "Come, oh come at eleven When mom and dad aren't around." "Eleven have already struck. Hey Josie come down to me." "I'm barefoot in my nightie; Give me time to dress." "What does it matter if you dress, When I like you naked." Fifteen-year-old Josie Was the mother of a beautiful baby boy He was blonde and curly He looked like his dad "We will take him to be baptized In the church of San Martin We'll give him three beautiful names Peter, Paul and Johnny. We'll have him do 3 fine jobs Cheater, thief and swindler."

*Pinotta/Pinota is a pet name for Josephine (Giuseppina)
**Double entendre: "When he grows up they will send him to learn three 'jobs' which in reality are not professions, but rather loving skills: the cunning of stealing the girl's consent, the ability to steal her virginity and the ability to be an expert "fucker"! In Veneto we say "ciave" for key and we mean something else (again due to the usual symbolism common in many popular traditions between the key and the keyhole)." by Cattia Salto at Terre Celtiche -You'll find some different sets of lyrics on her page.

Live rendition by El Canfin.

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