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Thread #3566   Message #18674
Posted By: Ferrara
04-Jan-98 - 07:56 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Add: Bella Ciao (Italian folk song)
Subject: RE: ITALIAN FOLK SONG: Bella Ciao
Well, I have to (possibly) recant about la boraccia. I remembered that in Neapolitan, at least, the usual slang for drunkard is "umbriaco." So what is boraccia? My mind still insists it's drunkard, but until one of us finds an appropriate dictionary....

Judy, I sympathize. Someone gave me a beautiful record of a song called "Colorado," played on the Paraguayan harp. However I'm told that this is also a fascist song, and makes many people flaming mad to hear it. No fair. Good music should always be pure-minded, politically correct, right-thinking and wholesome.