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Thread #22988   Message #252977
Posted By: Joe Offer
06-Jul-00 - 02:50 PM
Thread Name: Barbagal -- Italian folk song?
Subject: ADD: Barbagal -- Italian folk song?
Other Web sites have a habit of disappearing, so I'm going to post the lyrics here; Taken from the Web site of a Flemish band named Laïs.
-Joe Offer-

Barbagal


"This song comes from Italy. We learned it from a recording by the Italian group Cantovivo."
"This is the song which brought
Laïs into being in Gooik. We already had a tape of the version by the North Italian ensemble Cantovivo for quite some time. The lyrics mean nothing, it's sheer delight in sound. We enjoyed doing it for old times' sake."

Barbagal en veil le ran curan dei
Diridimdom diridom paura mi
Cur puletta an ciel le mutak a bar
Diridimdom diridom paura mi

E foli, fola, folero, e folero, lero li
      Amora am barbagal porom
Diridimdom diridom paura mi

A porte lo cure come fu sal ra
Diridimdom diridom paura mi
A jo la voi gal, a bara voi gar
Diridimdom diridom paura mi

E foli, fola, folero, e folero, lero li
      Amora am barbagal porom
Diridimdom diridom paura mi

Cer cukel em nui a patientia bel
Diridimdom diridom paura mi
A criava forte su mi pi bel
Diridimdom diridom paura mi

E foli, fola, folero, e folero, lero li
      Amora am barbagal porom
Diridimdom diridom paura mi

Cum le brahe curte culte tunge man
Diridimdom diridom paura mi
A criava a curta forsa sunga ra ba ram
Diridimdom diridom paura mi

E foli, fola, folero, e folero, lero li
      Amora am barbagal porom
Diridimdom diridom paura mi

Forte quel um fis a la capel
Diridimdom diridom paura mi
O ca fabre, to cafa bel
Diridimdom diridom paura mi

E foli, fola, folero, e folero, lero li
      Amora am barbagal porom
Diridimdom diridom paura mi