Alle cinque prendo il tè
1979 · I Dischi del Sole DS 1102 04 · Rome, Italy
- Artist
- Paolo Pietrangeli
- Title
- Alle cinque prendo il tè
- Release
- Cascami
- Year
- 1979
- Label
- I Dischi del Sole # DS 1102 04
- Format
- LP · Album
- Language
- Italian
- Country
- Rome, Italy
- Songwriter
- Paolo Pietrangeli
- Genre
- Folk · Contemporary Italian Folk Music
- Primary theme
- Post-War
Lyrics
English: At five o'clock I have tea / At nine I go to the café / At ten I go dancing / Hands off Vietnam // How green this meadow is / I roll around in it, blissful / Just like a happy child / Long live Ho Chi Minh / Long live Ho Chi Minh // Hey dark-haired boy, want to come along? / I only cost a thousand lire / I get it, you’re a whore / Johnson, Johnson, Johnson—you butcher! // A plate of spaghetti with meat sauce / Blue eyes, a turned-up nose / And for dessert, some ice cream / Down with the bosses' schools / Down with the bosses' schools / [Ad libitum] __________ Italian: Alle cinque prendo il tè / alle nove vo al caffè / alle dieci vo a ballar / giù le mani dal Vietnam // com'è verde questo prato / mi ci rotolo beato / proprio come un bel bambin / viva viva Ho Chi Minh / viva viva Ho Chi Minh // bel moretto vuoi venire / costo solo mille lire / ho capito sei una troia / Johnson Johnson Johnson boia // due spaghetti col ragù / occhi azzurri naso in su / per finire due spumoni / no alla scuola dei padroni / no alla scuola dei padroni / [ad libitum]
Notes
Track A3 of the 1979 LP (with lyric booklet); the song is dated 1978. The refrain's "giù le mani dal Vietnam" sets the slogan against a bourgeois day of tea, coffee and dancing. Reissued on LP (Bravo 64 7930141, 1989) and CD (Bravo BR 128553724-2, 1989).
About the artist
Paolo Pietrangeli (Rome, 1945–2021) — singer-songwriter of the Italian student movement ("Contessa", 1966) and film director. [Source: Wikipedia (it)]
Themes
Satire · Anti-War · Protest · Anti-Capitalism · Get Out of Vietnam