Lo ciuccio de Cola
Museca: Pietro Labriola,
Vierse: Mariano Paolella.
Anno: 1859
Nicolas' donkey
Music: Pietro Labriola,
Lyrics: Mariano Paolella.
Year: 1859
Bene mio! Che disgrazia!
M'è caduto Zuccariello!
Sò perdut'io, puveriello,
Si mo muorto resta ccà.
Ah – ah – ah – ah!
Uh! Cola senza ciuccio,
Puveriello, comme fà?
Pe' pietà a me ajutate!
Sò 'no povero scasato.
Sciorta nera, che giornata,
Non poteva capità!
Ah – ah – ah – ah!
Uh! Cola senza ciuccio,
Puveriello, comme fà?
L'ajzammo mò da terra,
Tu p' 'a coda, i' p' 'a capezza.
Che festino, che priezza
Si lu veco friccecà!
Ah – ah – ah – ah!
Uh! Cola senza ciuccio,
Puveriello, comme fà?
Me portava la menestra
Che senteva de viola,
Torza ricce e pommarola
E cappuccie 'nquantità.
Ah – ah – ah – ah!
Uh! Cola senza ciuccio,
Puveriello, comme fà?
Oh, t'è sciorta! E che veco!
Accommenz'a resciatare!
Chest'è chella scapellata
Che me vole consolà.
Ah – ah – ah – ah!
Uh! Cola senza ciuccio,
Puveriello, comme fà?
Oh te te, ch'è aggraziato!
Vi', la coda tecoleja!
Ah, la vista m'addecrea,
I' me sento scunucchià.
Ah – ah – ah – ah!
Uh! Cola senza ciuccio,
Puveriello, comme fà?
My God! What a misfortune!
My donkey Zuccariello has fallen!
I'm confused, unlucky,
If it dies now, it stays here.
Ah – ah – ah – ah!
Uh! Nicolas is without donkey,
Unlucky, what is he to do?
For God's sake, help me!
I'm a poor loser.
The worst day than this
I never had before!
Ah – ah – ah – ah!
Uh! Nicolas is without donkey,
Unlucky, what is he to do?
Let's raise it from the ground,
You by the tail, I by the bridle.
What a joy, what a gladness
If I see it moving!
Ah – ah – ah – ah!
Uh! Nicolas is without donkey,
Unlucky, what is he to do?
It carted vegetables for me
That smelled like violet,
Cabbage and tomato,
Lettuce and much more.
Ah – ah – ah – ah!
Uh! Nicolas is without donkey,
Unlucky, what is he to do?
Ah, what a fortune! What do I see?
It begins to breathe!
It's the destiny
That wants to console me.
Ah – ah – ah – ah!
Uh! Nicolas is without donkey,
Unlucky, what is he to do?
Oh, what a joy!
Look, its tail is moving!
Ah, it makes me happy,
I feel I lose consciousness.
Ah – ah – ah – ah!
Uh! Nicolas is without donkey,
Unlucky, what is he to do?
translated by Natalia Chernega