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| Mum ... Frank is touching me ... touch me Frank! |
Ma', Cicce me tocche ... tueccheme Cicce |
| Mum is a girl |
Mamete è signurine |
| Wanna it now or when it gets harder? |
A vuè mo o quanne s'ndoste? |
| Pizza pie to everyone not willing to say pizza pie with his hands on the pizzapie, PIZZAPIE! |
Pizza a ccì no dice pizza cu amane su a pizza, PIZZA! |
| If we've done thirty, we can also do thirtyone |
Ci avime fatte trende, facime pure trendune |
| Dress the big stump that it parries a baron |
Viste cippone ca pare barone |
| Attach the donkey where his master wants |
Attacche u ciuccie addò vo’ u patrune |
| He/She wants straw for one hundred horses |
Vo pagghie pe ‘ciende cavadde |
| Whom the dog bites? The ripped! |
A cci ve muezzeche u cane? A u strazzate! |
| Full belly songs, not a new shirt |
Vendra chiene cande, e nnò cammise nove |
| The ox calls horned the donkey |
U vove chiama curnute a u ciuccie |
| Fries the fish and watches the cat |
Frisce u pesce e tremjende 'a jatte |
| I called you to cups and you go to sticks |
T'agghie chiamate a coppe e te ne jesse a bastone |
| Who stings himself ... comes out |
A cci se ponge... cu esse fore |
| When the husband reaches the forties, leaves his wife and goes to canteen; when the wife reaches the forties, leaves her husband and takes John |
Quanne 'u marite arrive a quarandine lassa a mugghjere e se ne ve a candine; quanne a mugghiere arriva a quarand’anne lassa a u marite e si pigghje a Giuanne |
| Master Hutchie's skill, who gave a slat to his donkey |
A bravura de Mestre Uccie, c’a date nu sckaffe au ciuccie |
| Rings have fallen down, but the fingers are still there |
L'anidde so' cadute ma le dicete sò rumaste |
| No tail to dogs, no moustaches to cats and no asses to christians |
No cot'a u cane, no mustazze a a jatte, e no cule a u cristiane |
| In an old house mice are not missing |
A casa vecchie no manghene surge |
| Better a boiler on your neck that an ounce into your ass |
Megghje na cadare n' guedde ca n'onze n'gule |
| Don't mingle peels and broad-beans |
No misckà squèrcele e fave |
| On the Christ's chest |
Mbitte a Criste |
| I wanna teach you and I wanna miss you |
T'agghia 'mbarà e t'agghia perdere |
| He has left Christ to go to the mussels |
Ha lassate a Criste pe scè a le cozze |
| He lacks a blow for falling |
Le manghe a botte p'a cadute |
| From master of vessel to ship for rent |
Da patrone de bastimende a varche d’affitte |
| Pack your bag-pipe closely for when you'll need it |
Astipe a zambogne pe’ quanne abbesogne |
| In the hands of whom has gone the music paper .. |
Ammane a cci è sciute a carte d'a museche |
| I know you like a pear and now they have grafted you like a stump |
Te canusceve pire, mò t'onne innestate a sckuerpe |
| He/She has more ass than feeling |
Tene chiù cule ca sendimende |
| From a hospital are you searching for health? |
Da nu spedale ve’cchianne a salute? |
| Break and throw it into the body |
Spizze e mine n'guerpe |
| The sun breaks the figs and the moon breaks the watermelons, and you my crony have broken my bollocks |
U sole spacche le fiche e a lune le melune e tu cumbare mije m'e rutte li cugghiune
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| Nicky didn't know the little fountain |
Culedde nnò sapeve a fundanedde |
| What movie did you see ? |
Ma cè film è viste ? |
| Who's the cat's son, the rats has to catch |
A cci je figghie a jatte, sciurge a da pigghiare |
| Bones and under the bones |
Osse e sott'all'osse |
| Short and badly carved |
Curte e male cavate |
| So tall, so dummy |
Tand’ e` jerte, tand’e` fesse |
| The coloured patch |
A pezze a culore |
| Just one donkey at the fair? |
Nu ciucce sule ste` a fere? |
| The best dief doesn't want to listen |
U megghje surde e' quidde ca no vo' cu ‘ssende |
| Like the good Jesus said: you deceived me once, now you won't do it anymore |
Accome disse il buon Gesu': m'e' futtute a prima vote, mo no 'me futte cchiu' |
| The good sight comes at the fourty days |
A ‘bbona viste vene a le quaranda ’ggiurne |
| From the head the fish goes bad |
D'a' capa affetesce ‘u pesce |
| Bringing one's arms to Saint Cosma's |
Purta` le vrazze a sande Còseme |
| Kiss Our Lady and go to bed |
Vasa a Madonne e cuèrchete |
| Emmanuel dirty, is the lead heavy or not? |
Manue’ Zzozzo’, tene u chiumme si o no? |
