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Fabrizio De André

Originale Versione inglese cantabile di... Traduction française de M.R. Version française – TOURNEZ LA... Traduzione in piemontese di Bruno... Versione spagnola di Santiago La Donnina che semina il grano… La p... Altra versione della filastrocca	La versione inglese di Dennis Criteser [2014]
TURN THE CARD OVER	TURN THE CARD OVER
In the fields sowing grain there's a girl,	There’s a woman who sews the wheat,
turn the card over and you'll see the churl	turn the card over, you’ll see a peasant,
the churl hoes the ground till he's sore	a peasant who tills the earth’s plain,
turn the card over here comes the war	turn the card over, there comes a war,
for the war there are no more recruits	for the war there are no more soldiers,
they've all vanished with holes in their boots	barefoot, they’ve all fled.
Angiolina is starting to preen herself	Angiolina walks, she walks
in those little blue shoes she has on	in her blue shoes.
a policeman has fallen in love with her	A policeman charmed her,
turn the card over and now he is gone	turn the card over and he’s no longer there.
a policeman has fallen in love with her	A policeman did charm her,
turn the card over and now he is gone	turn the card over and he's no longer there.
There's a boy climbing over a gate	There’s a boy who climbs over a gate,
looking for cherries and feathers to take	he pilfers sweet cherries and bird feathers,
he throws stones at things, he has no cares	he throws stones and has no sorrows,
turn the card over the Jack of Hearts stares	turn the card over, there's the Jack of Hearts,
the Jack of Hearts who is all show	Jack of Hearts who's a flash in the pan,
turn the card over and hear the cock crow	turn the card over, the rooster awakens.
Angiolina is weaving between her braids	Angiolina at six in the morning
leaves of nettle as six o'clock chimes	weaves some nettle leaves into her hair.
she's got a necklace made out of some peach stones	She has a necklace of peach stones
she winds it around her fingers three times	that she turns three times 'round her fingers.
she's got a necklace made out of some peach stones	She has a necklace of peach stones,
she counts it through her fingers three times	she counts it three times between her fingers.
My mother has a mill and a wandering son	My mother has a mill and an unfaithful son,
she gets his nose sugared up with a bun	she sweetens his nose with an apple pie.
my mother and her mill were born full of laughter	My mother and the mill were both born laughing,
turn the card over there's a blond race car driver	turn the card over there’s a blond pilot,
a blond race car driver, silk shirts	a blond pilot, tops of silk,
a fox fur hat athlete's smirk	cap of fox fur, smile of an athlete.
Angiolina is in the cantina she's crying	Angiolina seated in the kitchen,
and eating a blackberry salad	who cries, who eats a mulberry salad.
a foreign boy's got an orchestral LP	A young foreign boy has a disc of an orchestra
that spins quickly and plays a love ballad	that spins fast, that speaks of love.
a foreign boy's got an orchesteral LP	A young foreign boy has a disc of an orchestra
that spins quickly and plays a love ballad	that spins and spins, that speaks of love.
Madamadorè has lost her six daughters	Madame Dorè lost six daughters
they all now work in bars down by the water	midst the bars of the port and its allures.
Madamadorè has the stink of a cat	Madame Dorè knows the stink of a cat,
turn the card over she pays for them back	turn the card over and she pays the ransom,
she pays for them back with the bags under her eyes	she pays the ransom with the bags under her eyes,
full of photos of dreams unrealized	full of photos of dreams interrupted.
Angiolina is cutting up papers,	Angiolina is cutting up magazines,
she's dressed as a bride, she sings a brave story	dressed as a bride, of victory she sings.
she calls by their true name her memories	She calls forth her memories with their names,
turn the card over she's covered in glory	turn the card over and it ends in glory.
she calls by their true name her memories	She calls forth her memories with their names,
turn the card over she's covered in glory	turn the card over and it ends in glory.