Samba Italiano

"Samba Italiano" (Italian Samba) is a popular samba song composed in 1965 by Adoniran Barbosa (1912–1982), who was a son of Italian immigrants of the city of Valinhos, Brazil, and knew well the pidgin Italian-Portuguese dialect spoken in the streets of São Paulo, mostly in the sections of Mooca, Brás and Bexiga.

The lyrics are very funny and non-sensical, at least for those Italian-Brazilians who can understand the language (a great number of paulistas).

Lyrics

Original Gioconda, piccina mia, Va' a brincare nel mare, nel fondo, Ma attenzione col tubarone, lo hai visto? Hai capito, mio San Benedito? Piove, piove, Da tempo che piove qua, Gigi, E io, sempre io, Sotto la tua finestra E voi, senza me sentire Ridere, ridere, ridere Di questo infelice qui Ti ricordi, Gioconda, Di quella sera in Guarujá Quando il mare ti portava via E mi chiamasti Aiuto, Marcello! La tua Gioconda ha paura di quest'onda

Free translation Gioconda, my little girl Go frolicking there, deep into the sea But pay attention to the shark, did you see it? Understood, my Saint Benedict? It rains, it rains It has rained for a long time here, Gigi And I, always I, Under your window And you, without hearing me, Laugh, laugh and laugh At this unhappy one here Do you remember, Gioconda That afternoon in Guarujá When the sea was taking you away And you called me: Help, Marcello! Your Gioconda is afraid of this wave

References

See also

• Trem das Onze
• Tiro ao Álvaro
• Samba do Arnesto

External links

• MP3 Recording of Samba Italiano. Terra Music.