by Noel Coward (1899 - 1973)
Venice
Language: English
Last Wednesday on the Piazza Near San Marco's trecento Duomo I observed una grassa ragazza With a thin middle Western uomo. He was swatting a piccola mosca, She was eating a chocolate gelato, While an orchestra played (from La Tosca) A flat violin obbligato. They stared at a dusty piccione, They spoke not a single parola, She ordered some Te con Limone He ordered an iced Coca Cola. And while the tramanto del sole Set fire to the Grande Canale She scribbled haphazard parole On glazed cartoline postale.
Authorship:
- by Noel Coward (1899 - 1973) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by James Lark (b. 1979), "Venice" [voice and piano], confirmed with a concert programme booklet [ sung text verified 1 time]
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This text was added to the website: 2018-01-30
Line count: 16
Word count: 88