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Er gatto e er cane

Language: Italian

 Un Gatto Soriano
 Diceva a un Barbone:
 Nun porto rispetto
 Nemmanco ar padrone,
 Perchè a l'occasione
 Je sgraffio la mano;
 Ma tu che lo lecchi
 Te becchi le botte:
 Te mena, te sfotte,
 Te mette in catena
 Cor muso rinchiuso 
 E un cerchio cor bollo
 Sull'osso der collo.
 Siconno la moda
 Te taja li ricci,
 Te spunta la coda...
 Che belli capricci!
 Io, guarda, so' un Gatto
 So' un ladro, lo dico:
 Ma a me nun s'azzarda
 De famme 'ste cose...
 Er cane rispose:
 Ma io... je so' amico!


Authorship

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

Added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.

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