Mamma mia dammi cento lire (Traditional)

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• (Posted 2025-12-10)  CPDL #87750:       

Editor: Francesco Spiga (submitted 2025-12-10).   Score information: A4, 2 pages, 321 kB   Copyright: CC BY NC SA

Edition notes: Arranged by Francesco Spiga for educational purposes.

General Information

Title: Mamma mia dammi cento lire
Composer: Anonymous (Traditional)
Lyricist: Anonymous
Number of voices: 2vv   Voicing: 2 equal voices, Children's choir or equal adult voices
Genre: Secular, Ballade, Folksong

Languages: Lombard, Italian
Instruments: Piano

First published:
Description: 19th century Lombard folksong (maybe of Piedmontese origin), about migration to Southern America.

Original text and translations

Lombard and Italian text 1 Mamma mia dammi cento lire che in America voglio andà. Cento lire io te li do, ma in America no, no, no. 2 Suoi fratelli alla finestra mamma mia lassela andà. Quan' fu stada in meżżo al mare bastimento si l'è fundaa. 3 Le parole dei miei fratelli sono quelle che m'han tradii le parole della mia imamma son venute la verità.

English translation 1 Mom, give me a hundred lire, for I want to go to America. I can give you a hundred lire, But to America, no way. 2 Her siblings at the window: mom, let her go. When she was on the high seas the vessel sank. 3 My siblings' words betrayed me. My mom's words were the truth. Translation by Francesco Spiga