Viva la mamma - Summer Hit in Italy in 1989


"Viva la mamma" (Long live mum) is a song sung by Bennato in 1989 and immediately at the top of the Italian chartssong. The song was published as a 6th track within the album "Altri dubbi". 

A new fun way to learn the Italian language: the best songs accompanied by the text in Italian and translated into English.

Italian Text

 

C'è folla tutte le sere
Nei cinema di Bagnoli
Un sogno che è in bianco e nero
Tra poco sarà a colori
L'estate che passa in fretta
L'estate che torna ancora
I giochi messi da parte
Per una chitarra nuova

Viva la mamma!
Affezionata a quella gonna un po' lunga
Così elegantemente anni cinquanta
Sempre così sincera

Viva la mamma!
Viva le donne con i piedi per terra
Le sorridenti miss del dopoguerra
Pettinate come lei

Angeli ballano il rock ora
Tu non sei un sogno, tu sei vera
Viva la mamma perché
Se ti parlo di lei non sei gelosa!

Viva la mamma!
Affezionata a quella gonna un po' lunga
Indaffarata sempre e sempre convinta
A volte un po' severa

Viva la mamma!
Viva la favola degli anni cinquanta
Così lontana eppure così moderna
E così magica

Angeli ballano il rock ora
Non è un juke box, è un'orchestra vera
Viva la mamma perché
Se ti parlo di lei non sei gelosa!

Bang, bang, la sveglia che suona
Bang, bang, devi andare a scuola
Bang, bang, soltanto un momento
Per sognare ancora!

Oh, ohohohoooo
Oh, ohohohoooo

Viva la mamma!
Affezionata a quella gonna un po' lunga
Così elegantemente anni cinquanta
Sempre così sincera

Viva la mamma!
Viva le regole e le buone maniere
Quelle che non ho mai saputo imparare
Forse per colpa del rock! (Rock)
Forse per colpa del rock! (Rock)
Forse per colpa del rock!

 

English Text

There's crowd every night
in theaters at Bagnoli
a dream in black and white
soon will be in color
summer passes quickly
summer that comes back again
games set aside
for a new guitar.

Long live mum
fond of that skirt
a bit long
so elegantly Fifties-style
always so sincere

Long live mum
up with women
with their feet on the ground
the smiling misses of post-war
and combed like her!
Angels are dancing rock
now
you're not a dream
you're real

Long live mum
because if I talk of her
you're not jealous.

Long live mum
fond of that skirt
a bit long
always busy and always sure
sometimes a little strict

Long live mum
up with the fable of the fifties
so far away and yet so modern
and so magical
Angels are dancing rock now
it is not a jukebox
it is a real orchestra

Long live mum
because if I talk of her
you're not jealous.
Bang bang the alarm that goes off
bang bang you must go to school
bang bang just a moment
to dream a little longer

Long live mum
fond of that skirt
a bit long
so elegantly Fifties-style
always so sincere

Long live mum
up with the rules and good manners
those I was never able to learn
perhaps because of rock...
perhaps because of rock...
perhaps because of rock...
perhaps because of rock!

Edoardo Bennato

Edoardo Bennato (Naples 1946) is a singer-songwriter, guitarist and harmonica player, considered by many critics and musicians among the best Italian rockers.

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A new fun way to learn the Italian language: the best songs accompanied by the text in Italian and translated into English.

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