Funiculì, Funiculà

DESCRIPTION: Italian: "Jammo, jammo 'ncoppa jammo jà (x2), Funiculì, funiculà (x2), 'Ncoppa jammo jà, Funiculì, funiculà." English versions say, "Let's go, let's go, To the top we'll go" using the "funicular up, funicular down." Other English versions exist
AUTHOR: Original Italian words by Peppino Turco / Music: Liugi Denza
EARLIEST DATE: 1880 (original publication, according to Fuld-BookOfWorldFamousMusic and Wikipedia)
KEYWORDS: nonballad travel technology foreignlanguage campsong
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REFERENCES (3 citations):
Averill-CampSongsFolkSongs, pp. 166, 467, "Funiculì" (notes only)
Fuld-BookOfWorldFamousMusic, p. 240, "Funiculì -- Funiculá"
DT, (FUNICUL)
SAME TUNE:
My High Silk Hat (File: ACSF166Y)
Summer Camp ("Summer camp, summer camp, echo it afar") (Harbin-Parodology, #252, p. 62)
A Big, Red Rose ("The other day I called upon my girl and took her") (Harbin-Parodology, #387, p. 94)
NOTES [25 words]: Fuld-BookOfWorldFamousMusic reports that this was written in 1880 in honor of the funicular built to take people to the summit of Mount Vesuvius. - RBW
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File: ACSF166F

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