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Thread #169209   Message #4204776
Posted By: Monique
01-Jul-24 - 02:37 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Add: Mudcat singaround songs NOT in English
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Mudcat singaround songs NOT in English
LA PINOTTA (Italian)

|:"O Pinotta, bella Pinotta*,
una grazia vorrei da te.":|

|:"Dimmi, dimmi che grazia vuoi?"
"Una notte a dormir con te.":|

|:"Vieni, o vieni a l'undic' ore
quando mamma e papà non c'è.":|

|:"L'undic' ore son già suonate.
Oi Pinotta, vien giù da me.":|

|:"Sono scalza in camiciola;
dammi il tempo da rivestir.":|

|:"Cosa importa che tu ti vesta,
quando nuda tu piaci a me.":|

|:La Pinotta a quindic'anni
Era mamma di un bel bambin.:|

|:Era biondo e ricciolino
Assomigliava a suo papà.:|

|:"Lo porteremo a battezare
Nella chiesa di San Martin.:|

|:Li metteremo tre bei nomi
Piero, Paulo e Giovanin.:|

|:Faremo fare tre bei mestieri
Furbo, ladro e ciavarin."**:|
JOSIE

"O Josie, beautiful Josie,
I would like a favor from you,

"Tell me, tell me what grace do you want?"
"A night to sleep with you."

"Come, oh come at eleven
When mom and dad aren't around."

"Eleven have already struck.
Hey Josie come down to me."

"I'm barefoot in my nightie;
Give me time to dress."

"What does it matter if you dress,
When I like you naked."

Fifteen-year-old Josie
Was the mother of a beautiful baby boy

He was blonde and curly
He looked like his dad

"We will take him to be baptized
In the church of San Martin

We'll give him three beautiful names
Peter, Paul and Johnny.

We'll have him do 3 fine jobs
Cheater, thief and swindler."
*Pinotta/Pinota is a pet name for Josephine (Giuseppina)
**Double entendre: "When he grows up they will send him to learn three 'jobs' which in reality are not professions, but rather loving skills: the cunning of stealing the girl's consent, the ability to steal her virginity and the ability to be an expert "fucker"! In Veneto we say "ciave" for key and we mean something else (again due to the usual symbolism common in many popular traditions between the key and the keyhole)." by Cattia Salto at Terre Celtiche -You'll find some different sets of lyrics on her page.

Live rendition by El Canfin.

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