PICKING PATTERN
E|------x-----x-----x-----x--|
B|------x-----x-----x-----x--|
G|----x-----x-----x-----x----| etc etc etc.. all throught the song.
D|---------------------------|
A|--x-----x-----x-----x------|
E|---------------------------|Am
Sto crescenno no bello cardillo
GAm
quanta cose che l'aggia 'mparà!
AmDm
Adda ire da chisto e da chillo
AmGAm
lli mmasciate po' m'adda purtà.
CGC
Siente ccà, bello mio, lloco nnante
CGC
'nc'è na casa, na nenna, nce sta
AmCDm
tu la vide ca non è distante
AmGAm
chella nenna aje da ire a truvà!
Am
Si la truove ca stace dormenno
GAm
pe na fata, gué, nun la piglià!
AmDm
No rommore non fa co li penne
AmGAm
gué, cardì, tu l'avisse scetà?
CGC
Si affacciata po' sta a lo barcone
CGC
pe na rosa l'avisse piglià?
AmCDm
Gué, cardì, vi ca llà nun te stuone
AmGAm
va vattenne, cardì n'addurà!
Am
Si la truove che face l'ammore
GAm
sto cortiello annascunnete ccà,
AmDm
'nficcancillo deritto a lo core
AmGAm
e lo sango tu m'aie da purtà!
CGC
Ma si pensa: vatté chiano, chiano
CGC
zitto, zitto te nce aje d'azzeccà
AmCDm
si afferrare te vo co la mano
AmGAm
priesto mpietto tu l'aje da zompà.
Here's a translation I found on the Web :
I'm breeding a nice goldfinch (thistle finch)
what a lot of things I need to teach him !!
He must go to one and to the other one
and after it must bring me messages.
Listen to me, my dear, not so far from here
there is a house,a girl lives there
you can see it, it's not far
you must go and see that girl.
If you find her sleeping
don't mistake her for a fairy
Don't make noise with your plumes (wings)
otherwise,oh goldfinch, you could wake her up.
If she's standing at the balcony
don't mistake her for a rose
Oh goldfinch, come here since there you're out of tone
go, go away goldfinch, don't go on staying there.
If you find her making love
hide here this knife
stick it straight into her heart
and bring me her blood
But if she's thinking, go away very slowly,
as quiet as a mouse, don't interpose,
if she want catch you with her hand
you must spring quickly in her bosom.