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Thread #68492 Message #1157819
Posted By: Roberto
09-Apr-04 - 11:07 AM
Thread Name: La Mia Mamma - is there such a song?
Subject: RE: La Mia Mamma - is there such a song?
Dear Jim, maybe the version you have is sung by Ombretta Colli. In this case, it is not really traditional, but an italianized version of the song I've posted before. It was recorded in 1969 for the italian pop music market, under the title La Mia Mama, and two guys, Casellato-Simontacchi, credit to themselves words and music. The tune is quite similar to the traditional one. I've never known the words by heart, although I remember the first line was: La mia mama vuol che sposi, vuol che sposi il lunedì (my mamy wants me to get married, get married on Monday). Then, the girl doesn't name different occupations, but different men she is busy with, one for every day of the week. And concludes (if I remember well): Cara mama, la mia mama vuol che sposi ma sposarmi non mi va (mamy dear, mamy wants me to get married, but to get married, I don't feel like). If this is the song you are loking for, it would be easy to write down the words if I could listen to it (while the traditional one has dialect words and expressions quite different from Italian), but unfortunatly it seems the recording is not available any more. Let me know if this could be the song you want and if you can make me listen to a MP3 file of it or something like that. Otherwise, we'll start a new search. Bye. R