Bella Ciao

DESCRIPTION: Italian. "Stsanattine mi son alzato... Bella ciao, bella ciao...." The [German] invader is here. The singer feels like he is dying. If he dies as a partizan, bury him. Let flowers grow there. "This is the flower of the partizan who died for liberty."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1973 (Silber/Silber-FolksingersWordbook)
KEYWORDS: soldier death burial flowers foreignlanguage
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REFERENCES (2 citations):
Palmer-WhatALovelyWar, p. 79, "Bella Ciao" (1 text plus English translation)
Silber/Silber-FolksingersWordbook, p. 296, "Bella CIao" (1 text plus literal English translation)
File: PWLW079

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