Story Behind The Song
HOW ITALIANS HAVE SETTLED INTO NEW COUNTRIES AND CULTURES, EMBRACING THE LOCAL TRADITIONS AND ADDINGTHEIR OWN SPECIAL FLAVOUR TO THE MIX.
Song Description
AN ITALIAN MIGRANT WHO RUNS A PIZZA RESTAURANT TELLS HOW HAPPY HE IS TO BE IN THIS NEW COUNTRY AND JOKES HOW DIFFERENT HIS TRADITIONS AND FAMILY ARE!
| Song Length |
2:36 |
Genre |
Unique - General |
| Tempo |
Medium Fast (131 - 150) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
Cheerful |
Subject |
Life, Happiness |
| Language |
English |
| |
Lyrics
VI.
CIAO TO YOU, PAESANO, COME AND HAVE A GLASS OF VINO WITH ME.
MAMA, BRING THE PASTA, AL DENTE WITH THE SALSA AND I'LL TELL YOU A BIT ABOUT MY FAMILY.
CHORUS.
ARRIVADERCI, SAY GOODBYE CIAO CIAO ROMA, TI AMO BREAK A MY HEART OLD ITALY. IT WAS A VERY NICE BUT WE WANT TO START A NEW LIFE IN THIS BEAUTIFUL, MOLTO BELLO THIS COUNTRY.
V2.
COUSIN GINO, HE COME OUT ON A BOATA, HE COME OUT ALL THE WAY FROM SICILY.
WE ALL A THINK HE WAS A BIG NO HOPER, BUT NOW HE'S GOT TWO PIZZA SHOP IN LYGON STREET.
REPEAT CHORUS.
MY SISTER ROSA, SHE'S A BIT UNHAPPY. IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS SHE'LL MARRY SILVIO.
THE TROUBLE IS SHE HASN'T SEEN OR MET HIM. PAPA ARRANGED THE WEDDING 20 YEAR AGO.
REPEAT CHORUS
V3.
YOU CAN TRAVEL AND A LOOK THE WHOLE WORLD OVER, IF PEOPLE ARE HAPPY YOU CAN SEE IT IN THEIR EYES.
WHEN WE LEFT THE OLD COUNTRY, WE ALL WERE CRYING.
BUT NOW WE LOVE THIS PLACE SO MUCH, WE GOT NATURALIZED.
REPEAT CHORUS