Il valzer della toppa - The Waltz of the Drunken Dame

Me so’ fatta un quartino m’ha dato a la testa ammazza che toppa a Nina, a Roscetta, a Modesta, lassateme qua! An vedi le foje! An vedi la luna! An vedi le case! E chi l’ha mai viste co’ st’occhi? Me viਠda cantà Lassame perde, va da n’altra stasera, a cocco, niente da fa! E poi so’ vecchia, cià trent’anni e er mondo ancora l’ho da guardà! Mamma mia che luci che vedo qua attorno Le vie de Testaccio me pareno come de giorno de n’arta città! An vedi le porte! An vedi li bar! An vedi la gente! an vedi le fronne che st’aria se fa sfarfallà ! Va via moretto, fa la bella stasera godo la libertà, spara er Guzzetto e torna a casa che mamma tua se sta a aspettà! Me sà presa la toppa e mà so’ felice! Me possi cecamme me sento tornata a esse un fiore de verginità ! Verginità! Verginità! Me sento tutta verginità! Che sarà ! Che sarà! Chi lo sa! Chi lo sa! Che sarà ! Che sarà! Chi lo sa! Chi lo sa! Il valzer della toppa © 1960 Pier Paolo Pasolini and Piero Umiliano "Il valzer della toppa" was originally written for actress Laura Betti, who had a long working relationship with film director (and so much more) Pier Paolo Pasolini.

I did a quart, it went to my head - wow, what a drunken dame. Nina, Roscetta, Modesta, leave me here! Hey looka the foliage! Hey looka the moon! Hey looka the houses! And who ever saw ‘em with these eyes? It’s coming to me to sing. Leave me alone, go to someone else, this evening, mommy's boy, nothing to do! Besides, I’m old, already thirty years and I still have to see the world! Mamma mia what lights that I see hereabouts. The streets of Testaccio seem to me like daytime in another city! Hey looka the doors! Hey looka the cafes! Hey looka the people! Hey looka the fronds that this air makes flutter. Go away dark-haired boy, make good, this evening I’m enjoying my freedom, fire up the little Guzzi and go back home where your momma is waiting! The drunken dame has taken me over and mama I’m happy! I could blind myself, I feel I'm back to being a flower of virginity! Virginity! Virginity! I feel virginity through and through! What will be! What will be! What will be! Who knows! What will be! What will be! What will be! Who knows! English translation © 2020 Dennis Criteser Sempre was Ferri's seventh album, released in 1973. As in previous albums, there's a mix of traditional Roman and Neapolitan songs with more contemporary material, including three self-penned songs.