Tarantella Napoletana

Neapolitan Tarantella

Tarantella Napoletana

Let's go, beautiful, let's go, beautifulJammo bello, jammo bello
Let's dance this tarantellaabballammo sta tarantella
With one couple and anothercu' na coppia e ancora n'ata
And let's do this dance.e facimmece sta ballata.

What joy, what cheer,Che priezza, che alleria,
How much fun, my Nennella,quanta zumpe Nennella mia,
Let's dance with clicks and clacksabballammo ticchete e tacchete
With the tambourine and the triccabballacco!c''o tammurriello e c''o triccabballacco!

Antonio is moving away nowOnn'Antonio mo' se scanza
Because his belly weighs a little,ca' le pesa nu poco 'a panza,
He says that dancing is for foolsdice ca 'o ballo è p''e gugliune
And he eats these macaroni.e isso se magna sti maccarune.

Rosa, stop because it's knownRosa fermateve pecchè se sape
That you're getting a little dizzy,che a vuje ve gira nu poco 'a capa,
And if you dance this tarantellae si abballate sta tarantella
Your head will spin too.ve gira pure la cirivella.

Vincenzo, stay still,On Vicienzo stateve quieto,
You want to go forward but instead you go back,vulite i' annanze e invece jate areto,
You've had a sip of wineavite vippeto nu poco 'e vino
And you're making this ten of diamonds.e state facenno sta diece 'e ammuina.

Amalia, sixty years old,Onn'Amalia, sissantanne,
It seems like she's only twenty,pare ca tene sulo vintanne,
She dances and jumps, jumps and dances.balla e zompa, zompa e abballa.
Ah, she's kicked off her shoe!Ah, m'ha scamazzate nu callo!

Let's go, young man,Jammo bello giuvinotto
Because we'll be up all night,ca' facimmo l'una 'e notte,
Let's go, little daughter,jammo bello figliulella
Let's dance this tarantella.abballamo sta tarantella.

Tambourine and little tambourine,Tammuriello e tammurrelle
Shake and putipù,scetavajasse e putipù
In this tarantelladint'a chesta tarantella
You have youth....tenite na giuventù....

Hey hey hey.Hei hei hei.