Playlist from Corelli's 1980-1981 return appearances: [ Ссылка ]

Franco Corelli, tenor
9 July, 1981 Holmdel, New Jersey, Garden State Arts Center
(He retired in '76 but gave a couple of return concerts in '80-'81 - this was the last one)
Pianist: Alfredo Silipigni

With on screen Italian and English text. (Corelli performed a different version of the song compared to the lyrics I was able to find, so I adjusted the text where I could, but you can find the original by scrolling down.)

Music by Vincenzo Billi
Lyrics by Ersilio Bicci
Translation based on David Wyatt's version

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E canta il grillo, e canta la cicala;
La spiga è bionda, la spiga è matura;
O ragazzine, vi vestite in gala;
Che s'è vestita d'oro la natura.

Il fiore azzurro mettetevi in petto;
I giovinotti cantano il rispetto;
Il fiore azzurro vi ponete in core;
I giovinetti cantano l’amore.

Morbidi nidi sognano gli augelli
Che merriggian sul pino solitario;
Mettete il fiore azzurro tra i capelli
Ora che sfoggia di frutta il pomario.

Destan la falce gli ardori di giugno;
I mietitori la tengono in pugno;
La spiga bionda reclina la testa;
O ragazzine, vi vestite a festa.

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The cricket sings and the cicada sings;
The spikes are blond, the wheat has grown;
Girls, dress up in frills,
Now that nature has dressed herself in gold.

Place a blue flower on your breast,
The young men are singing their respect;
Put a blue flower on your heart,
The young men sing of love.

The birds dream of soft nests
As they siesta on the lone pine;
Place a blue flower in your hair
Now that the orchard shows off its fruit.

The heats of June arouse the sickle,
The reapers hold it in their fist;
The blond wheat bends its head;
Girls, dress up for the celebration!

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