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

101	Le Quattro Stagioni (The Four Seasons)	Mr. Giambattista Murolo	02:25
102	Riggitana a sdegno (A Song from Reggio Calabria)	Mr. Giambattista Murolo	01:37
103	Riggitana	Mrs. Angiolina Murolo	01:45
104	Strisciata	Mr. Giambattista Murolo and family	01:42
105	Serenade (1)	Mr. Giambattista Murolo	01:32
106	Otavas (1)	Mr. Giuseppe Soru, Mr. Nello Soru	02:49
107	Otavas (2)	Mrs. Filomena Giagu	01:08
108	La Semana (The Week)	Mrs. Giuseppina Belluomo	01:14
109	Oh, Lallò (Go to sleep)	Mrs. Maria Trantino	02:01
110	Serenade (2)	Mrs. Concetta Aprile	01:29
111	E sette spate	Mrs. Maria Trantino, Mrs. Pietrina Trantino, Mrs. Rosina Trantino	01:44
112	Tre sore (The Three Sisters)	Mr. Giuseppe Profita and family	01:56
113	Eh, n'avimm' a coce! (We Must Cook It!)	Mr. A. Vittori	00:29
114	Lo `nbierno me mitt' `o liett' a ddorm'	Mr. A. Vittori	00:21
115	Stornelli a dispetto (Derision songs)	Mrs. Bettina Di Domenico	01:30
116	Passion Ballad	Mrs. Ortensia Iodice	01:57
117	Care cumbare (Dear Godfather)	Mr. Silverio Pacifico, Mrs. Candida Pacifico, Mrs. Civitella Santolo	02:12
118	Ninna nanna (1)	Mrs. Civitella Santolo	01:19
201	Stornelli from the Fields	Dressmaker in Brooklyn	02:45
202	Mariannina	Mrs. Maria d'Egidio, her family, and neighbors	01:40
203	Ninna nanna (2)	Mrs. Maria d'Egidio	00:34
204	Quanne la veduvella fa lu liette (When the Young Widow Makes Her Bed)	Mrs. Maria d'Egidio, her family, and neighbors	01:14
205	Mena lo vendo e mena lo rumano (Blows the Wind and Blows the Roman wind)	Mrs. Maria d'Egidio	01:06
206	Vintage Song	Mrs. Maria d'Egidio	01:24
207	Song of Mastriglia, the Bandit	Mr. Carlo Micili	01:48
208	La mia mamma l'e vecchierella (The Sleeping Potion)	Mr. Carlo Micili and family	03:14
209	Two Rhymes for Games	Mrs. Micili	01:11
210	Rhyme Against the Rain	Mrs. Micili	00:47
211	Folk Prayers	Mrs. Maria Cristina Gozzoli	01:43
212	Chi bussa alla mia porta? (Who is Knocking at My Door?)	Mrs. Marta Jacopetti	00:29
213	Marcellina su per le scale (Marcellina up on the Stairs)	Mrs. Marta Jacopetti, her family, and neighbors	02:14
214	All 'Ospedal di Genova	Mrs. Marta Jacopetti, her family, and neighbors	01:16
215	Di Qua e di là dal Piave (On This Side and That Side of the Piave River)	Mr. Mario Mordini	01:13
216	E l'alegrie a è dai zovins (Merriment is for the Young)	Mrs. Anita Macor and Mrs. Nives Dosso	01:00
217	La mi' morosa l'è veccia (My Lover is an Old Girl)	Mrs. Anita Macor and Mrs. Nives Dosso	01:02
218	Ghiovanin color di rose (Young Man, the Color of Roses)	Mrs. Anita Macor and Mrs. Nives Dosso	00:39
219	E mi maire me l'ha ditt' (And My Mother Told Me)	Mrs. Anita Macor and Mrs. Nives Dosso	00:39