E lo mio damo è tanto piccolino Chè co' capelli mi spazza la casa. Andò nell'orto a côrre un gelsomino, Ebbe paura d'una gran lumaca. E venne in casa, e si messe a sedere, Passò una mosca e lo fece cadere. E lu' si rizza, e andò alla finestra, Passò un tafano e gli rompè la testa: E maledisco le mosche e i tafani, E chi s'innamorò de' maremmani, E maledisco le mosche e i cugini, E chi s'innamorò de' piccolini.
Text Authorship:
- from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , "E lo mio damo è tanto piccolino", appears in Canti popolari toscani. Raccolti e annotati da Giuseppe Tigri, Firenze, Barbera, first published 1856 [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- [ None yet in the database ]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Paul Heyse (1830 - 1914) , no title, appears in Italienisches Liederbuch, in Rispetti, in Toscanisch, no. 34, first published 1860 ; composed by Hugo Wolf.
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
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Mein Liebster ist so klein, daß ohne Bücken Er mir das Zimmer fegt mit seinen Locken. Als er ins Gärtlein ging, Jasmin zu pflücken, Ist er vor einer Schnecke sehr erschrocken. Dann setzt' er sich ins Haus um zu verschnaufen, Da warf ihn eine Fliege übern Haufen; Und als er hintrat an mein Fensterlein, Stieß eine Bremse ihm den Schädel ein. Verwünscht sei'n alle Fliegen, Schnaken, Bremsen Und wer ein Schätzchen hat aus den Maremmen! Verwünscht sei'n alle Fliegen, Schnaken, Mücken Und wer sich, wenn er küßt, so tief muß bücken!
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Confirmed with Paul Heyse, Italienisches Liederbuch, Berlin: Verlag von Wilhelm Hertz (Bessersche Buchhandlung), 1860, page 16.
Text Authorship:
- by Paul Heyse (1830 - 1914), no title, appears in Italienisches Liederbuch, in Rispetti, in Toscanisch, no. 34, first published 1860 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Italian (Italiano) from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , "E lo mio damo è tanto piccolino", appears in Canti popolari toscani. Raccolti e annotati da Giuseppe Tigri, Firenze, Barbera, first published 1856
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Hugo Wolf (1860 - 1903), "Mein Liebster ist so klein, daß ohne Bücken", 1890-6, from Italienisches Liederbuch, no. 15 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Donna (Bareket) Breitzer) , "My sweetheart is so small, that without stooping", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Alberto Pedrotti , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2003-12-29
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