O mio babbino caro Puccinis Gianni Schicchi - Frances Alda (1919)

"O mio babbino caro" from Puccini's Gianni Schicchi

Frances Alda

Victor 64802

1919

O mio babbino caro
Mi piace, è bello, bello
Vo'andare in Porta Rossa
A comperar l'anello!
Sì, sì, ci voglio andare!
E se l'amassi indarno
Andrei sul Ponte Vecchio
Ma per buttarmi in Arno!
Mi struggo e mi tormento!
O Dio, vorrei morir!
Babbo, pietà, pietà!
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O Mio Babbino Caro – English Translation

Oh my dear papa
I like him, he is handsome, handsome
I want to go to Porta Rossa
To buy the ring!

Yes, yes, I want to go there!
And if my love were in vain,
I would go to Ponte Vecchio
and throw myself in the Arno!

I am anguished and tormented!
Oh God, I’d like to die!
Papa, have pity, have pity!
Papa, have pity, have pity!