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Join The British Army

Ewan MacColl
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La versione degli Irish Rovers
L'ESERCITO INGLESEJOIN THE IRISH ARMY
Quando ero giovane ero di bell’aspetto,
come pochi se ne vedono
finché il principe del Galles mi disse:
‘Vieni ed unisciti all’Esercito inglese’
When I was young I used to be
as fine a man as ever you'd see;
The Prince of Wales, he said to me,
"Come and join the British army."
Toora loora loora loo
sembrano delle scimmie
dello zoo
“Se avessi la vostra faccia,
mi unirei all’Esercito inglese!”.
When I was young I had a twist
of punching babies with me fist
And I thought I would enlist and
join the british army.
Sara Conlon preparò il dolce
fu tutto per l’amore del povero vecchio Slattery
che si gettò nel lago
immaginando di essere impazzita
Too ra loo ra loo ra loo,
they're looking for monkeys up in the zoo
"If I had a face like you,
I would join the British army.
Caporale Daly (1) se ne andò
sua moglie restò incinta (2)
e la sola cosa che potesse dire
era “BIP l’Esercito inglese”
Sarah Camdon baked a cake;
it was all for poor old Slattery's sake.
I threw meself into the lake,
pretending I was balmy.
Caporale Kelly ha una sete terribile
dategli solo un paio di bicchieri di stout
e sconfiggerà il nemico a morsi
per salvare l’Esercito inglese
Corporal Duff's got such a drought,
just give him a couple of jars of stout;
He'll kill the enemy with his mouth
and save the British Army.
I soldati in kilt non hanno le mutande
vorreste gentilmente prestargli le vostre?
I ricchi devono sempre aiutare i poveri
per salvare l’esercito inglese
Too ra loo ra loo ra loo,
Me curse is on the Labour crew
They took your darling boy from you
to join the British army.
NOTE
1) i soldati che la cantavano mettevano i nomi dei loro sottoufficiali da prendere in giro
2) espressione idiomatica


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