Carrettieri is a melody in the Sicilian language composed by Alfonso Gibilaro and included in No. 3 of the compendium entitled Quatro miniature Siciliane. It was published in London in April 1949 by Francis, Day & Hunter Ltd.[1] then recorded the following month for His Master's Voice by tenor Beniamino Gigli.[2]
Carrettieri
Calatu è già lu suli intra lu mari
Si stancu vestia mia, iu puru tantu
Li roti chianu chianu fa girari
A casa tu mi porti ed iu ti cantu
Lu suli è naspressatu tuttu u jornu
Lu pruvulazzu quarnaravava 'ntornu
Scattare là 'a paglia e lu me pani
E avemu a cuminciari arré dumani
The cart driver
The sun has already set on the sea
You're tired, my beast, and so am I
You make the wheels turn slowly, slowly
You bring me home, and I sing to you
The sun is scorching all day long
The dust swirls all around
Hauling straw is how I earn my bread
And we have to start over again tomorrow
References
edit- ^ Sicilian Wagoners. (Carrettieri) [Song.]. Musical score, text in Sicilian dialect (English version included), alternative title: Four Sicilian Miniatures, No 3. Londres: Francis, Day & Hunter Ltd. April 27, 1949. pp. 70. OCLC 497489166.
- ^ Alfonso Gibilaro; Beniamino Gigli (May 1949). Carrettieri (in Sicilian). Compositorum. OCLC 725769546 – via YouTube. BNF FRBNF13796590
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