by Edoardo Bennato 
also recorded by Neri per Caso
Only in Italy would you get a pop song celebrating dear old mom! But it’s also a bit of nostalgia for the 1950s, the hectic post-war period when Italy was booming.
The italicized parts are not in the Neri per Caso cover.
Continue reading Learn Italian in Song: Viva la MammaI noticed people were looking for this on my site, so I discovered a cute new song. Singer/songwriter Roby Santini “the Country Boy” is obviously writing about his parents – they play themselves in the video. And apparently the family is from Pollutri, Provincia di Chieti, Abruzzo.
The townspeople complete the ark and are prepared to sail away when the flood comes.
Continue reading Aggiungi un Posto a Tavola: Quando l’Arca si Fermera’The mayor, who is named for the village’s patron saint, Crispino, has hidden from everyone to escape the pressure to donate his stock of lumber to the ark-building effort. The whole village searches for him.
Continue reading Aggiungi Un Posto a Tavola: La Ballata di San Crispino
