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Ivan Della Mea
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Pellegrin che vien da Roma
WHAT IS THE PRICE NOW

You can love the vines growing on a hill,
Playing at casting pebbles into a ditch,
A round loaf of bread, the olive-tree sprouting,
But the main point, you know, is learning
What is the price now for all this.

You can love the mountain homestead
Smiling in the valley among oaks and chestnuts,
The old ways a firm man shows his love,
But the main point, you know, is learning
What is the price now for all this.

You can love the light-hearted peace
From the log that crackles in the old fireplace,
And love cracking walnuts, and sipping good wine,
But the main point, you know, is learning
What is the price now for all this.

I can love thinking there could be a god
When my eyes and my heart glance into the night,
The fear of the stars, the fear of the earth,
But the main point, I know, is learning
What is the price now for all this.

And I can love the bourgeois desire
To give up fighting, so tired of war,
To make love with the talking cricket,
But the main point, I know, is learning
What is the price now for all this.

And I can love the wrath of the losers,
The choking distress of city life,
The loneliest cry: I come back home.
Now it's no use learning anything,
Just let all flags and banners burn.

The price of tiredness is Che Guevara,
Is Inti Peredo, Vietnam, Marighella,
Ceccanti, Avola and Battipaglia.
Burn, my boy, burn, struggle is going on,
Burn, my boy, burn, struggle will go on.

Burn, my boy, burn, struggle is going on,
Burn, my boy, burn, struggle will go on.
Pellegrin che vien da Roma
el va il birocc
cun le scarpe rute ai pe’
el va il birocc, birocc el va
pellegrin che vien da Roma
cun le scarpe rute ai pe’.

Non appena fu arrivato
el va il birocc
all’osteria se ne andò.
el va il birocc, birocc el va
Non appena fu arrivato
all’osteria se ne andò.

Buona sera, signor oste,
el va il birocc
c’è una camera per me?
el va il birocc, birocc el va
Buona sera signor oste,
c’è una camera per me.

Camera ce n’e’ una sola,
el va il birocc
dove dorme mia miee.
el va il birocc, birocc el va
Camera c’è ne una sola,
dove dorme mia miee.

Per maggiore sicurezza
el va il birocc
metteremo un campanel.
el va il birocc, birocc el va
Per maggiore sicurezza
metteremo un campanel

Mezzanotte era suonata,
el va il birocc
campanel sentì a suonar.
el va il birocc, birocc el va
Mezzanotte era suonata,
campanel sentì a suonar.

Spocraccion d’un pellegrino,
el va il birocc
sta ghe faa a la mia miee?
el va il birocc, birocc el va
Sporcacion d’un pellegrino,
sta ghe faa al la mia miee?

Se campassi anche cent’anni,
el va il birocc
de pellegrin en tegni pô.
el va il birocc, birocc el va
Se campassi anche cent’anni
de pellegrin ne tegni pô.


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