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Samba Italiano

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Wikipedia article


'"Samba Italiano"' (Italian Samba) is a popular samba song composed in 1965 by Adoniran Barbosa (19121982), who was a son of Italian immigrants of the city of Valinhos, Brazil, and knew well the pidgin Italian-Portuguese dialect spoken in the streets of So Paulo, mostly in the sections of Mooca, Brs and Bexiga.

The lyrics are very funny and non-sensical, at least for those Italian-Brazilians who can understand the language (a great number of paulistas).

Lyrics



'Original'

Gioconda, piccina mia,


Va' a brincare nel mare, nel fondo,


Ma attenzione col tubarone, lo hai visto?


Hai capito, mio San Benedito?

Piove, piove,


Da tempo che piove qua, Gigi,


E io, sempre io,


Sotto la tua finestra


E voi, senza me sentire


Ridere, ridere, ridere


Di questo infelice qui

Ti ricordi, Gioconda,


Di quella sera in Guaruj


Quando il mare ti portava via


E mi chiamasti


Aiuto, Marcello!


La tua Gioconda ha paura di quest'onda

'Free translation'

Gioconda, my little girl


Go frolicking there, deep into the sea


But pay attention to the shark, did you see it?


Understood, my Saint Benedict?

It rains, it rains


It has rained for a long time here, Gigi


And I, always I,


Under your window


And you, without hearing me,


Laugh, laugh and laugh


At this unhappy one here

Do you remember, Gioconda


That afternoon in Guaruj


When the sea was taking you away


And you called me:


Help, Marcello!


Your Gioconda is afraid of this wave

References



See also



* Trem das Onze

* Tiro ao lvaro

* Samba do Arnesto


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