Tu Vuò Fa L'Americano

Dedico esta música aos redatores e locutores da TV Record:

Eis a letra em dialeto napolitano:

Puorte ‘e cazune cu nu stemma arreto…na cuppulella cu ‘a visiera aizata…

passa scampanianno pe’ Tuleto

comm’a nuguappo, pe’ se fa’ guarda’…

Tu vuo’ fa’ l’americano

mericano, mericano…

sient’a mme chi t’ ‘o ffa fa’?

tu vuoi vivere alla moda,

ma se bevi “whisky and soda”

po’ te siente ‘e disturba’…

Tu abball’ o’ rocchenroll

tu giochi a baisiboll…

ma e solde p’ e’ Ccamel

chi te li da

la borsetta di mamma

Tu vuo’ fa’ l’americano

mericano, mericano…

ma si’ nato in Italy!

sient’ a mme: nun ce sta niente ‘a fa’

ok, napulitan!

tu vuo’ fa’ l’american

tu vuo’ fa’ l’american!

Come te po’ capi’ chi te vo’ bbene

si tu lle parle miezo americano?

quanno se fa ll’ammore sott’ ‘a luna

comme te vene ‘ncapa ‘e di’ “I love you”?

Tu vuo’ fa’ l’americano

mericano, mericano…

sient’a mme chi t’ ‘o ffa fa’?

tu vuoi vivere alla moda,

ma se bevi “whisky and soda”

po’ te siente ‘e disturba’…

Tu abball’ o’ rocchenroll

tu giochi a baisiboll…

ma e solde p’ e’ Ccamel

chi te li da

la borsetta di mamma

Tu vuo’ fa’ l’americano

mericano, mericano…

ma si’ nato in Italy!

sient’ a mme: nun ce sta niente ‘a fa’

ok, napulitan!

tu vuo’ fa’ l’america

tu vuo’ fa’ l’america

tu vuo’ fa’ l’america!

E uma tradução inglesa improvisada que encontrei na rede com esta observação:

This is a tricky translation; the original is more or less in Neapolitan dialect, which I don’t know much of. I hope some qualified readers will jump in to help out!

You wear trousers with a logo on the back and a cap with the visor raised you walk jingling down the Tuleto like a Mafioso to get yourself looked at You want to act American, American, American listen to me, who forces you to do it? You want to be fashionable but if you drink “whisky and soda” you will feel “a disturbance” [gastric] You dance rock ‘n’ roll you play baseball but the money for the Camels who gives it to you? Mamma’s purse. You want to act American, American, American, but you were born in Italy! Listen to me, there’s nothing to do OK, Neapolitan! You want to act American, You want to act American! How can you understand that I care about you if you speak [?] American? When we make love beneath the moon How are you capable of saying “I love you”? etc.