Lyr Req: Paulucci the Italian Parrot (Lou Monte)

Subject: Lyr Req: Paulucci the Italian Parrot by Lou Monte
From: GUEST
Date: 20 Dec 10 - 07:40 AM

I am interested in the lyrics to Lou Monte's song Paulucci the Italian Parrot. It is available on Youtube at:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_KQ56D9geI

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Paulucci the Italian Parrot by Lou Monte
From: EBarnacle
Date: 20 Dec 10 - 12:16 PM

Try this and take your choice of links. What I did was put "Lou Monte Lyrics" on my search engine.

http://www.bing.com/search?q=lou+monte+lyrics&src=IE-SearchBox&FORM=IE8SRC

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Paulucci the Italian Parrot by Lou Monte
From: Jim Dixon
Date: 27 Dec 10 - 01:47 PM

I can only transcribe the English parts of the song. The rest is in Italian or possibly the Calabrian dialect:


(Once upon a time there was an Italian parrot called Paulucci.)

Pappagallo, pappagallo, you poor parrot,
I'm so sorry that they treated you so rough.
Oh, watch out for that Pepino and Pasquale.
I would cry if I woke up and found you stuffed.

When I came home from my job the other night
I got worried cause you were nowhere in sight
Lucky thing I opened up the oven door.
They were ready to make parrot cacciatore.


[Notes: Pappagallo is Italian for parrot. Pepino the mouse and Pasquale the cat are characters from other Lou Monte songs. Cacciatore means "hunter" in Italian. In cuisine, "alla cacciatora" refers to a meal prepared "hunter-style" with tomatoes, onions, mushrooms, herbs, often bell pepper, and sometimes wine. Cacciatore is popularly made with braised chicken (pollo alla cacciatora) or rabbit.]

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Paulucci the Italian Parrot (Lou Monte)
From: GUEST
Date: 29 Dec 10 - 08:00 AM

I am primarily interested in reading the Italian lyrics. Even if you just type them onto the screen I can copy them and paste them on freetranslation.com where I will get an idea of what they are supposed to translate into.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Paulucci the Italian Parrot (Lou Monte)
From: GUEST,999
Date: 15 Sep 12 - 07:16 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_KQ56D9geI

The above is Youtube with Lou Monte singing it.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Paulucci the Italian Parrot (Lou Monte)
From: GUEST
Date: 03 Nov 18 - 12:03 PM

Here's a translation of the Italian parts:
Refrain:
Paulucci, Paulucci, you parrot
you look ugly with your hair cut
What did that cat and mouse do to you?
Now you look like a plucked chicken!

Part 2:
Last night the parrot who fought
has already escaped through the window
Now what did Pepino and Pasqual do?
They locked him in the drawer!

Part 3:
I told you, be careful, you parrot,
when those two give you a caress
If Pepino and Pasqual catch you,
they'll put you in the monnezz! (I think monnezz means trash)