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Thread #135385   Message #3098124
Posted By: Monique
18-Feb-11 - 02:15 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Mo Ve'la Bella Mia da la Muntagna
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Mo Ve'la Bella Mia da la Muntagna
Q, your lyrics are in standard Italian, hence the differences. I wonder why they translated "Li mele vamm'a venne tutte quante" (lit. "the apples, we're going to sell them all") by "Le mele dobbiamo venderle tutte cuante" (lit. "the apples, we must sell them all)...

You can hear it sung and find a sheet music here

Btw, it says
Now my pretty one comes from the mountain
on her shoulders she carries the apples to our homeplace (1)
"Hurry up, my pretty, at the market,
we're going to sell all the apples"
Ohi ne, ohi la, my happiness drives me crazy.
(1)"paese" is "country, land" but here it's "their land" = their homeplace