Gigi D'Alessio "Napule" lyrics

Napule

Chillu jorno nu rre e na regginapartettene a fore venettene ccaFuie na festa e pe for'e balconenu sacco e bandiere pe tutt'a cittaMasaniello purtaie nu babama a riggina vuleve mangiaFuje accussi ca cu ll'acqu'e a farinanu bellu guaglione a facette ncantaPo guardaie na bandiera e culurepensaie nu numento dicette MaistaMo ce metto ddoje pummerulelle

cu sta muzzarella e na fronna d'estaPo nu furno vulett'appicciadduie minut'e va faccio assaggiaChella pizz'a nventaje pe'a regginapercio Margherita l'avetta chiamma

Napulet'o raccontano Napulenfaccia e mure de vichepuo lleggere a storia e sta bella citta

Gennarino a Pozzuoli crescevaparlava ca ggente sultanto e GesuMa c'e steve chi nun c'e credevae nu juorno e settembre o vulette affruntaContr'o diavolo niente puo ffama sapeva ca Dio steve llaE accussi m'paraviso sagliette e o Vesuvioche mmane sapette ferma

C'era un principe senza casatoche aveva cambiato la sua identitaDiventato un attore importantepe' tutta sta gente era il grande TotoE cuntento mori in povertap'ajuta tanta gent'a campaChillu principe ricco ind'o corema quant'allegria c'ha saputo purta

Napule..........

Una notte ero in barca a Surrientoin un mare elegante vestito di bluSotto un cielo pezzato di stelleda un vecchio terrazzo qualcuno cantoUna voce cantava per menon vedevo nessuno percheEra il canto del grande Carusoche il mare l'aveva tenuto per se

E accussi te mettist'a sunaddoje parole sapiste 'nventaSta canzone ca e scritt'a Surrientooramai tutt'o munno t'ha sap canta

Napule

That day, a king and a queen

Left from out there and came here

There was a big party and out on the balconies

a lot of flags all over the city

Masaniello brought a baba (Naples traditional pastry)

But the queen wanted to eat

that's how, with water and flour,

a nice boy made an impression on her

Then he looked at a colourful falg

thought for a moment and said "Your Majesty,

Now I put two little tomatoes

along with this mozzarella and a leaf of basil"

Then he wanted to heat an oven

"two minutes and I'll let you taste it"

He invented that pizza for the queen

therefore he had to call it Margherita

Naples

they tell it for you Naples

on the walls along the alley

the story of this beautiful city can be read

Gennarino was growing up at Pozzuoli

he was talking with the other people only about Jesus

but there was someone who didn't believe

and on a September day that person wanted to face him

you can do nothing against the devil

but he knew that God was there

and so he went up to Heaven and

he knew how to stop the Vesuvio with his bare hands

There was a prince without a family name

who had changed his identity

becoming an important actor

for all these people he was the great Toto

and he had died happy in poverty

for helping so many people live from day to day

That prince with a big heart

how much happiness he knew how to bring

Naples

One night I was on a boat at Sorrento

on an elegant sea, dressed in blue

Under a sky spotted with stars

on an old terrace someone sang

a voice was singing for me

I didn't see anyone

It was the song of the great Caruso

that the sea had kept for itself

And that's how you started singing

you knew how to make up a few words

This song you wrote for Sorrento

by now all the world knows to sing it for you