tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31758730.post6362874718000754454..comments2023-09-27T13:20:49.976-07:00Comments on lnostra-costa: SUMMARY: PEOPLE OF MAGGIA INTERVIEWS - PART IIvano Franco Comellihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17088771740643993831noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31758730.post-59848791447885425532007-04-16T13:09:00.000-07:002007-04-16T13:09:00.000-07:00Ciao Ivano,Here is another song that speaks of our...Ciao Ivano,<BR/><BR/>Here is another song that speaks of our debt to our forefathers. Though it is written from the viewpoint of Italo Brazilians, I think it applies to us as well. I did not attempt to make the English lyrics rhyme.<BR/> ********************************************************************************<BR/>Ricordarsi dei Nostri Bisnonni, sung by Valmor Marasca and found on the Italia in Brasile web site.<BR/><BR/> It is more than a hundred years<BR/> Since the Italians arrived over here;<BR/> They arrived on steamships,<BR/> they have suffered worse than the cattle;<BR/> They found pure brushlands,<BR/> with no blankets, they slept on the ground;<BR/> They fought long and hard,<BR/> almost as if they were in a war.<BR/><BR/>Chorus: We must remember our great grandparents<BR/> for it is thanks to them we are now here!<BR/><BR/> In the morning they cut the bushes,<BR/> to plant wheat and millet;<BR/> That was for their sustenance,<BR/> upon arriving in this land;<BR/> They planted many vineyards,<BR/> They filled vats with wine;<BR/> They were Italians who showed their power<BR/> to all of Brazil.<BR/>Chorus:<BR/> On Sundays they went to mass,<BR/> Sons and daughters and their parents;<BR/> They had much faith in God<BR/> who has had much care, even for us all;<BR/> If all the people in the world,<BR/> had been like our own great grandparents,<BR/> the world today would be well different,<BR/> with no war and with less poverty!<BR/>Chorus:<BR/> When there were festival days,<BR/> they gathered in their various families;<BR/> They sang, played at bocce,<BR/> they played cards all the night long;<BR/> Well content, they played at morra,<BR/> and drank a good bit of wine;<BR/> When hunger struck them,<BR/> they ate polenta and sausage.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com