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Canto Di Carcerati Calabresi

Tutti 'sti caribinìri
Su' tutti maliditti:
Ce mìttene le manette
Ce portane 'n prigione
Ce cunzègnane a re guardiane
Co 'nu mazze de chiavi 'n mane
Ce portane e ce arrinchiùdene
Dentre a 'nu camerone...

Quande so' le sette e meze
Ce ve' ru secondine
Co 'na faccia d'assassine
Ru buon giorno ce ve' a da'

Quande so le nove e meze
Ce portano la pagnotta
Mieza crude e meza cotta
Come se po' campa'?

E passeggio ncarzerato, oilì oilà...

Quando so' l'undici e meze
Ce portane la minèsta
Mizze cuppìne a testa
Come se po' campa'?

Niente me dispiace
Che io ha da parti'
Ma passando pe la chiazza
Quacche ragazza
Pe me chiagne...

A le carzare de Capace
Ce so' male materasse
Chi dorme e chi passe
Chi fa l'infamità...

Noce, nucèlle
Castagne abbruscate
Chesta è la vita de lu carzerate!

E passeggio ncarzerato, oilì oilà...

Canto Di Carcerati Calabresi

All these carabinieri
Are all cursed:
They put handcuffs on us
They take us to prison
They hand us over to the guards
With a bunch of keys in their hands
They take us and lock us up
Inside a large cell...

When it's seven-thirty
The prison guard comes to see us
With a face like a murderer
He comes to wish us good morning

When it's nine-thirty
They bring us our bread
Half raw and half cooked
How can we live like this?

And I walk around in prison, oilì oilà...

When it's eleven-thirty
They bring us our soup
Half a bowl per head
How can we live like this?

Nothing makes me sad
Except that I have to leave
But as I pass through the square
Some girl
Cries for me...

In the prisons of Capace
The mattresses are bad
Some sleep and some walk around
Some commit crimes...

Walnuts, hazelnuts
Roasted chestnuts
This is the life of a prisoner!

And I walk around in prison, oilì oilà...