Domenico Modugno "Io, mammeta e tu" lyrics

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Io, mammeta e tu

Ti avevo detto, dal primo appuntamento,’e nun purtà nisciuno appriesso a te.Invece mò nu frato, na sora, na nepote…sola nun staje na vota…ascimme sempe a tre.

E m’hai promesso‹Domani, chi lo sa…vengh’io soltanto…soltanto con mammà.›

Io, mammeta e tu…Passiammo pe Tuledo,1nuje annanze e mammeta arreto.Io, mammeta e tu…sempe appriesso,cose ’e pazze,chesta vene pure ’o viagg’e nozze…

Jamm’o cinema, a ballà;si cercammo ’e ce squaglià,comm’a nu carabbiniere,chella vene a ce afferra, a-a-ah!

Ma, ’nnammurato,so’ rassignato,non reagisco più.Io, mammeta e tu.Io, mammeta e tu.

Ma San Gennaro m’aveva fatt’a grazia:2l’ata matinanun l’ha fatta aizà;teneva l’uocchie ’e freve,pareva ca schiattava,io quasi me crereved’ascì sulo cu te.

Nu filo ’e voce,pero’, truvaje mammà:«Da ’a piccirellave faccio accompagnà.»

Io, soreta e tu…Jamm’o bar ’o Chiatamone3«Vuoi cuppetta o vuoi spumone?»4‹Chello che costa ’e cchiù.›Pe ricordo ’e ’sta jurnata,dint’a villa, c’hanno fatt’a foto.Vuò ’o pallone, vuò ’o babbà,5nun se fida ’e cammena’.Guardo a essa, guardo ’o mare,sto penzanno ’e ce ’a menà, a-a-ah!

Ma, ’nnammurato,so’ rassignato,non reagisco più.Io, soreta e tu.Io, soreta e tu.

Amore mio, stai sempe coi pariente,chesta famiglia me pare una tribù.Arrivano a Milano, arrivano all’Oriente,e tutta chesta gente staje sempe attorno a me.Na vecchia zia che steva a Cefalù,6venuta accà, nun se n’è ghiuta cchiù.

Io, zieta e tu,poverina, è sofferente,ogni tanto nu svenimento.Io, zieta e tu,l’uovo frisco, ’a mozzarella,camminammo sulo in carrozzella.

Sto pavanno accà e allà,’e denare chi m’e dà?O te lasso o, fra nu mese,sto cercanno ’a carità, a-a-ah!

Tu m’he ’nguaiato,me sposo a n’ata,nun ve veco cchiù…mammeta, soreta e tu,pateto, frateto e tu,nonneta, zieta e tu.

Pateto, frateto,nonneta, soreta,soreta, zieta,zieta, pateto,pateto, frateto,frateto, nonneta,nonneta, pateto,’o cane…

‹Scusate, giovinò… i’ so’ ’a bisnonna,so’ turnata proprio mò d’o spitale…›Aaah!

Me, Your Mum and You

I had told you, since our first date,that you shouldn’t bring anyone with you.Instead, now a brother, now a sister, now a niece…you’re never alone, not once…we always go out in threes.

And you promised me‹Tomorrow, who knows…I’ll come alone…just with mum.›

Me, your mum and you…We go for a walk in Toledo,1we walk ahead, and your mum is right behind.Me, your mum and you…always near,that’s crazy,she’s going to come on our honeymoon too…

We go to the cinema, we go dancing;if we try to slope off,like a police officer2she comes and seizes us, a-a-ah!

Yet, I’m in love,I’m resigned,I’m not fighting back anymore.Me, your mum and you.Me, your mum and you.

Yet St. Gennaro had fulfilled my wish:3a few mornings ago,she couldn’t get up;she had a fever,it looked like she could die,I almost believedI could go out with you alone.

Yet, your mum managedto say in her faintest voice:«I’ll have my youngest daughter4go with you.»

Me, your sister and you…We go to the café in Chiatamone5«Would you like a cup [of ice cream] or a spumone?»6‹The most expensive one.›As a memory of this day,we’ve had out picture taken inside the mansion house.She wants a ball, she wants a babà,7she doesn’t feel like walking.I look at her, I look at the sea,I have half a mind of tossing her into it, a-a-ah!

Yet, I’m in love,I’m resigned,I’m not fighting back anymore.Me, your sister and you.Me, your sister and you.

Sweetheart, you’re always with your relatives,this family is like a tribe.They reach as far as Milan, they reach as far as the East,and all these people are always around me.An old aunt coming from Cefalù8came here and never left.

Me, your aunt and you,poor lady, she has a bad health,sometimes she faints.Me, your aunt and you,a fresh egg, a mozzarella,we can only move by carriage.

I’m always paying,who’s going to give me the money?Either I break up with you or, in a month’s time,I’ll be begging for money, a-a-ah!

You’ve gotten me into troubles,I’m going to marry someone else,I’m not going to see all of you any more…your mum, your sister and you,your dad, your brother and you,your grandma, your aunt and you.

Your dad, your brother,your grandma, your sister,your sister, your aunt,your aunt, your dad,your dad, your brother,your brother, your grandma,your grandma, your dad,your dog…

‹Excuse me, young boy… I’m her great-grandmother,I’ve just come home from the hospital…›Aaah!

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