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Singable translation:
In the fields sowing grain there’s a girl,
turn the card over and you’ll see the churl
the churl hoes the ground till he’s sore
turn the card over here comes the war
for the war there are no more recruits
they’ve all vanished with holes in their boots
Angiolina is starting to preen herself
in those little blue
shoes she has on
a policeman has fallen in love with her
turn the card over
and now he is gone
a policeman has fallen in love with her
turn the card over
and now he is gone
There’s a boy climbing over a gate
looking for cherries and feathers to take
he throws stones at things, he has no cares
turn the card over the Jack of Hearts stares
the Jack of Hearts who is all show
turn the card over and hear the cock crow
Angiolina is weaving between her braids
leaves of nettle as
six o’clock chimes
she’s got a necklace made out of some peach stones
she winds
it around her fingers three times
she’s got a necklace made out of some peach
stones
she counts it through her fingers three times
My mother has a mill and a wandering son
she gets his nose sugared up with a bun
my mother and her mill were born full of laughter
turn the card over there’s a blond race car driver
a blond race car driver, silk shirts
a fox fur hat athlete’s smirk
Angiolina is in the cantina she’s crying
and eating a
blackberry salad
a foreign boy’s got an orchestral LP
that spins quickly and
plays a love ballad
a foreign boy’s got an orchesteral LP
that spins quickly and
plays a love ballad
Madamadorè has lost her six daughters
they all now work in bars down by the water
Madamadorè has the stink of a cat
turn the card over she pays for them back
she pays for them back with the bags under her eyes
full of photos of dreams unrealized
Angiolina is cutting up papers, she’s dressed
as a bride, she
sings a brave story
she calls by their true name her memories
turn the card over
she’s covered in glory
she calls by their true name her memories
turn the card over
she’s covered in glory
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