"O mio babbino caro" from Puccini's Gianni Schicchi<br /><br />Frances Alda<br /><br />Victor 64802<br /><br />1919<br /><br />O mio babbino caro<br />Mi piace, è bello, bello<br />Vo'andare in Porta Rossa<br />A comperar l'anello!<br />Sì, sì, ci voglio andare!<br />E se l'amassi indarno<br />Andrei sul Ponte Vecchio<br />Ma per buttarmi in Arno!<br />Mi struggo e mi tormento!<br />O Dio, vorrei morir!<br />Babbo, pietà, pietà!<br />______________________<br /><br />O Mio Babbino Caro – English Translation<br /><br />Oh my dear papa<br />I like him, he is handsome, handsome<br />I want to go to Porta Rossa<br />To buy the ring!<br /><br />Yes, yes, I want to go there!<br />And if my love were in vain,<br />I would go to Ponte Vecchio<br />and throw myself in the Arno!<br /><br />I am anguished and tormented!<br />Oh God, I’d like to die!<br />Papa, have pity, have pity!<br />Papa, have pity, have pity!
