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Italian Folk Songs

Various Artists
Italian Folk Songs

The folk songs and the dialect unique to many small villages of Italy have managed to survive transplantation to American cities. Although second—and third—generation Italian Americans might begin to forget traditions, new waves of immigrants have refreshed interest within the Italian communities. These songs were collected in neighborhoods of Chicago and New York in 1963 and 1964.

Track Listing

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Le Quattro Stagioni (The Four Seasons) Giambattista Murolo 02:25
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102
Riggitana a sdegno (A song from Reggio Calabria) Giambattista Murolo 01:37
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103
Riggitana Angiolina Murolo 01:45
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104
Strisciata Giambattista Murolo 01:42
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Serenade Giambattista Murolo 01:32
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106
Otavas Giuseppe and Nello Soru 02:49
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Otavas Filomena Giagu 01:08
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108
La Semana (The week) Giuseppina Belluomo 01:14
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109
Oh, Lallò (Go to sleep) Maria Trantino 02:01
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Serenade Concetta Aprile 01:29
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111
E sette spate Maria, Pietrina, and Rosina Trantino 01:44
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Tre sore (The three sisters) Giuseppe Profita 01:56
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113
Eh, n'avimm' a coce! (We must cook it!) A. Vittori 00:29
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114
Lo `nbierno me mitt' `o liett' a ddorm' A. Vittori 00:21
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115
Stornelli a dispetto (Derision songs) Bettina Di Domenico 01:30
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Passion Ballad Ortensia Iodice 01:57
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117
Care cumbare (Dear godfather) Silverio Pacifico, Candida Pacifico, and Civitella Santolo 02:12
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Ninna nanna (Lullaby) Civitella Santolo 01:19
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201
Stornelli from the fields Dressmaker in Brooklyn 02:45
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202
Mariannina Maria d'Egidio 01:40
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203
Ninna nanna (Lullaby) Maria d'Egidio 00:34
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204
Quanne la veduvella fa lu liette (When the young widow makes her bed) Maria d'Egidio 01:14
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Mena lo vendo e mena lo rumano (Blows the wind and blows the Roman wind) Maria d'Egidio 01:06
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206
Vintage song Maria d'Egidio 01:24
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207
Song of Mastriglia, the Bandit Carlo Micili 01:48
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208
La mia mamma l'e vecchierella (The Sleeping Potion) Carlo Micili 03:14
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209
Two rhymes for games Micili 01:11
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210
Rhyme against the rain Micili 00:47
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211
Folk prayers Maria Cristina Gozzoli 01:43
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212
Chi bussa alla mia porta? (Who is knocking at my door?) Marta Jacopetti 00:29
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213
Marcellina su per le scale (Marcellina up on the stairs) Jacopetti 02:14
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214
All 'Ospedal di Genova Jacopetti 01:16
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215
Di Qua e di là dal Piave (On this side and that side of the Piave River) n/a 01:13
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216
E l'alegrie a è dai zovins (Merriment is for the young) Anita Macor and Nives Dosso 01:00
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La mi' morosa l'è veccia (My lover is an old girl) Anita Macor and Nives Dosso 01:02
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218
Ghiovanin color di rose (Young man, the color of roses) Anita Macor and Nives Dosso 00:39
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E mi maire me l'ha ditt' (And my mother told me) Anita Macor and Nives Dosso 00:39