What are the lyrics to the Italian song 'Funiculì Funiculà'?

Answer 1

The lyrics to the Italian song Funiculì Funiculà are in Neapolitan Italian, which is the dialect spoken in the southwest Italian city of Napoli ("Naples"). They date back to the collaboration in 1880 by composer Luigi Denza (February 24, 1846 - January 27, 1922) and lyricist Peppino Turco (March 7, 1846 - October 14, 1903) to celebrate the first funicular cable car's operation on Mount Vesuvius. They have for the first verse: Aissera, oje Nanniné, me ne sagliette (This evening, Nanetta, I went up). Tu saje addó? Tu saje addó (Do you know where? Do you know where)? Addó 'stu core 'ngrato cchiù dispietto (Where your hard heart cannot reach). Farme nun pò! Farme nun pò (Do [nothing] to me any more! Do [nothing] to me any longer!)! Addó lu fuoco coce, ma se fuje (Where the fire burns, but if you run), te lassa sta! Te lassa sta (it lets you be! It lets you be!)! E nun te corre appriesso, nun te struje (And it doesn't run after you, it doesn't destroy you), sulo a guardà, sulo a guardà (only by a look, just by a look).

The chorus is as follows:

Jamme, jamme 'ncoppa, jamme jà (Let's go, let's go! To the top, let's go)! Jamme, jamme 'ncoppa, jamme jà (Let's go, let's go! To the top, let's go)! Funiculì, funiculà, funiculì, funiculà (cable car this way, cable car that way, cable car this way, cable car that way)! 'ncoppa, jamme jà, funiculì, funiculà! (to the top, let's go, cable car this way, cable car that way)!

The second verse then leads into: Se n'è sagliuta, oje né, se n'è sagliuta (It has climbed aloft, see now, it has climbed aloft) la capa già! La capa già (to the top already! to the top already!)! È gghiuta, po' è turnata, po' è venuta (It went, then turned, then came back). Sta sempe ccà! Sta sempe ccà (It's still here! It's still here!)! La capa vota, vota, attuorno, attuorno (My head spins, spins, around, around), attuorno a tte! Attuorno a tte (around you! Around you!)! Stu core canta sempe nu taluorno (My heart always sings on such a day): Sposamme, oje né! Sposamme, oje né (Marry me, right now! Marry me, right now!)!