Furtunato - Fortunato

Furtunato tene 'a rrobba bellä E pe' chesto adda alluccà' E' na' vita ca pazzeja P'è vie 'e chesta città Salutä 'e ffemmënë 'a 'ncoppa 'e barcunë Viecchië giuvënë e guagliunë Ce sta chi dice ca è l'anëma 'e chesta città Furtunato tenë 'a rrobba bellä 'nzogna 'nzogna Furtunato tenë 'a rrobba bellä 'nzogna 'nzogna Furtunato tenë 'a rrobba bellä 'nzogna 'nzogna Nun è cchiù commë 'na vòta Ma ogne tanto se fa sentì' Cu chella vocë ca trasë dinto 'o còrë E te fa murì' Cagnanö 'e ffemmënë Cagnanö 'e barcunë E isso salutä senza penzà' Napule è commë 'na vota Ma nuje dicimmo ca adda cagnà' Furtunato tenë 'a rrobba bellä 'nzogna 'nzogna Furtunato tenë 'a rrobba bellä 'nzogna 'nzogna Furtunato tenë 'a rrobba bellä 'nzogna 'nzogna Furtunato © 1977 Pino Daniele Fortunato Bisaccia was a street vendor of hot taralli in Naples in the 1970s and '80s. Taralli are pretzel-like snacks, and a specialty of Naples is taralli 'nzogna e pepe, or pepper-and-pork-fat taralli. Fortunato became a beloved symbol of Naples for his generous smiles and his unmistakable morning cry that Daniele used as the chorus of this song.

Fortunato has great stuff and so he has to shout out. It’s a life that drives you crazy in the streets of this city. He greets the women up in the balconies, the old, the young, little children. Some say he’s the spirit of this city. Fortunato has great stuff, pork fat, pork fat. Fortunato has great stuff, pork fat, pork fat. Fortunato has great stuff, pork fat, pork fat. It’s no longer like it used to be, but once in a while one is made to feel with that voice that enters into the heart and makes you die. The women change, the balconies change, and he greets without thinking - Naples is like it used to be. But we say that it has to change. Fortunato has great stuff, pork fat, pork fat. Fortunato has great stuff, pork fat, pork fat. Fortunato has great stuff, pork fat, pork fat. English translation © 2020 Dennis Criteser Terra mia was released in 1977. The songs are in the local dialect of Naples and the music reflects a strong grounding in the centuries-old song tradition of the city - canzone napoletana - with an infusion of blues. The album was well received and several of its songs became mainstays in Pino Daniele's long career. Indeed, "Napule é" became a contemporary theme song of Naples; it's the only song on the album not arranged by Daniele himself. He said of the album that it "represents the birth of a new Neapolitan song, and also the social condemnations of a new generation that didn't accept compromises and that, through music, was able to express its own discontents." One of Daniele's ambitions at the time was to "write songs like Luigi Tenco."