by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
La tortora ch'à perza la cumpagna
Language: Italian - Neapolitan (dialect)
La tortora ch'à perza la cumpagna tutti li juorne sta malancunosa. Trova nu pantaniello e se ci abbagna. Vi', cumme se la veva 'ntruvulosa. Po' se ne va a nu pizzo de montagna, e là se chiagne li malanne suoie.
Authorship:
- by Anonymous / Unidentified Author [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 Giorgio Federico Ghedini (1892 - 1965), "La tortora ch'à perza la cumpagna", 1925, from Quattro Canti su antichi testi napoletani, no. 3. [text not verified]
Researcher for this page: Ferdinando Albeggiani
This text was added to the website: 2008-08-16
Line count: 6
Word count: 40