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Texts of the Neapolitan songs
N. Valente Nicola
Valente
'A vigna 'e Catarina
(The vineyard of Catherine)


Music: Nicola Valente,
Lyrics: Francesco Feola.
Year: 1900
Feola Francesco
Feola
Instrumental version
Sì nnata 'mmiez' 'o vuosco 'e 'na muntagna
E tiene 'e pruprietà 'na bella vigna!
Vurria zappà cu tte 'mmiez' 'a campagna,
Pe' sfiziàrme l'uva 'a facci' 'a pigna!

Sì nnata 'mmiez' 'o vuosco 'e 'na muntagna.

Ah! Che vulesse dì…
Che te vulesse fà…
Ma…!
Mannaggia chistu… ma!…
Mannaggia chistu… ma!…
Ah! Che vulesse dì…
Che te vulesse fà…
Ah, mannaggia chistu… ma!…
Ah, mannaggia chistu… ma!…

Sott' a 'sta tenna toja nce tien' 'o bbene…
E carità nun faje a crestiane!
I' te darria 'o sanghe 'a dint' 'e vvene…
Si tu me tuccarrisse cu 'sti mmane.

Sott' a 'sta tenna toja nce tien' 'o bbene!

Ah! Che vulesse dì…
Che te vulesse fà…
Ma…!
Mannaggia chistu… ma!…
Mannaggia chistu… ma!…
Ah! Che vulesse dì…
Che te vulesse fà…
Ah, mannaggia chistu… ma!…
Ah, mannaggia chistu… ma!…

M'aggio sunnato, oje nè, ch'era trasuto
A faticà cu tte dint' 'a cantina…
'Na voce, faticanno, aggio sentuto:
"Vih! Quant' è bella 'a vigna 'e Catarina!"

M'aggio sunnato, oje nè, ch'era trasuto!

Ah! Che vulesse dì…
Che te vulesse fà…
Ma…!
Mannaggia chistu… ma!…
Mannaggia chistu… ma!…
Ah! Che vulesse dì…
Che te vulesse fà…
Ah, mannaggia chistu… ma!…
Ah, mannaggia chistu… ma!…
translated by Natalia Chernega
You were born near a mountain surrounded by forest
And you own a beautiful vineyard!
I wish I could hoe the earth with you,
For fun, I pick grapes in bunches!

You were born near a mountain surrounded by forest.

Ah! What would I say…
What would I do…
But…!
Damn this… but!…
Damn this… but!…
Ah! What would I say…
What would I do…
Ah, damn this… but!…
Ah, damn this… but!…

Under your tent you keep so many grapes…
But you show no charity to Christians!
I would give you my life…
If only you touched me with your hands.

Under your tent you keep so many grapes!

Ah! What would I say…
What would I do…
But…!
Damn this… but!…
Damn this… but!…
Ah! What would I say…
What would I do…
Ah, damn this… but!…
Ah, damn this… but!…

I dreamed, oh girl, that I went down
To your cellar to work with you…
And while I was working, I heard a voice:
"Look! How beautiful Catherine's vineyard is!"

I dreamed, oh girl, that I went down!

Ah! What would I say…
What would I do…
But…!
Damn this… but!…
Damn this… but!…
Ah! What would I say…
What would I do…
Ah, damn this… but!…
Ah, damn this… but!…
translated by Natalia Chernega