With thirty carlins (a unit of currency) + I was there last night (Southern)
We would like to dedicate what follows to all the unemployed and homeless of the world, and to those for whom Christmas is a sad period in their life.
Next, we have a fusion of two songs recorded (1970) in the Campidoglio square in Rome which had been taken over by the homeless. The first 2 verses belong to a well-known song of Sicilian/Calabrian origin, followed by some improvised ‘stornelli’ turned into a tarantella beat so that they could warm themselves because the police prevented the homeless from lighting fires.
Vogliamo dedicare i seguenti a tutti i senza casa e senza lavoro del mondo, e a coloro per cui Natale è un momento difficile nella loro vita.
Fusione di 2 canti registrati (1970) in piazza del Campidoglio a Roma occupata dai baraccati. Le prime 2 strofe appartengono a una diffusissima canzone siculo-calabrese, seguono dei stornelli improvvisati dagli occupanti e cantati ballando la tarantella per scaldarsi perchè la polizia non permetteva l'accensione di falò.
Cu’ trenta carrini + Stanotte ci so’ stato (Meridione)
Cu’ trenta carrini m’accattai ’na vigna,
mi, l’accattai su pe ‘na muntagna
Cu’ si scippò lu raspu e cu’ la vigna:
povera vigna mia, lavore e mangia
povera vita mia lavora e mangia
Tantai tanto pe’ fari un castello
credendo ch’era jeu lu castellanu,
(questa è bella, sa’)
e dopo fatto prezuso e bello
le chiavi mi spariru, bella, di li mani
(tirititti tirititù)
Stanotte ci so’ stato (Meridione)
Stanotte ci so’ stato, domani notte puru
io mi ‘nni vaju mancu se mi portano allo scuru,
io mi ‘nni vaju mancu se mi portano allo scuru.
Stanotte ci so’ stato, ‘n capo a cinque juarna,
io mi ‘nni vaju se mi spuntanu li corna,
io mi ‘nni vaju se mi spuntanu li corna.
Stanotte ci so’ stato a durmì sotto ‘o cavallo,
e mi ‘nni vaju se m’arresta ‘maresciallo,
e mi ‘nni vaju se m’arresta ‘maresciallo.
Lo zio mio d’America, vulìa la barba fatta
pe’ mancanza di sapuni,
se la fici co’ lu brodo dei maccaruni
se la fici co’ lu brodo dei maccaruni.
Stanotte ci so’ stato, domani notte puru
io mi ‘nni vaju mancu se mi portano allo scuru,
io mi ‘nni vaju mancu se mi portano allo scuru.
With thirty carlins (a unit of currency)
With thirty coins I bought myself a vineyard
I bought it on top of a mountain
then some pinched a bunch and some the vineyard
poor vineyard of mine, all I do is work and eat
poor life of mine, all I do is work and eat
I tried so hard to build myself a castle
believing that I was the its Lord
(what a fool)
And after I had made it beautiful and splendid
Its keys just disappeared from my hands
(tirititti ... )
I was there last night (Southern)
I was there last night, and I will go there again tonight
I won’t give up even if they put me in the dungeon
I won’t give up even if they put me in the dungeon
I was there last night, heading for the fifth day
I won’t go away even if I set roots
I won’t go away even if I set roots.
I was there last night, to sleep under the statue
& I won’t give up even if I am arrested by the inspector
& I won’t give up even if I am arrested by the inspector
My uncle who lives in America, wanted to have a shave
But because he didn’t have any soap
He shaved using the pasta broth
He shaved using the pasta broth
I was there last night, and I will go there again tonight
I won’t give up even if they put me in the dungeon
I won’t give up even if they put me in the dungeon.
From the concert "Celebrazione del solstizio invernale - Natale - Capodanno - Epifania” (Celebration of the winter solstice and the Christmas Season) by the Italian Folk Ensemble - Adelaide, Australia November 2010. Performance of traditional and popular songs of the Italian people.
The Italian Folk Ensemble (Adelaide) has been for over 40 years, studying and performing traditional and popular songs and dances of the Italian people, fully respecting their individual musical style and their cultural context. These songs cover a wide spectrum of emotions and experiences of the people of Italy through the ages, and as such, they are a unique medium to learn Italian culture and history.