Thou wilt 'does' the American of 1956 and is one of the most popular songs by Renato Carosone (1920-2001). Fine musician (he graduated in piano) was a great innovator: it has managed to fuse the Neapolitan tradition and jazz, all "seasoned" by a great sense of humor. It is almost impossible to remember their successes, many of which are known abroad. The song is the joke of a young Neapolitan who "makes" the American rock & roll dancing, drinking whiskey and soda, play Baseball smokes Camel cigarettes. The mania di imitare gli americani è stata un elemento caratteristico dell'Italia degli anni Cinquanta: proprio due anni prima, nel 1954, era uscito al cinema il film Un americano a Roma, dove si ironizzava su un giovanotto romano (Nando Meniconi) che avrebbe voluto essere nato a Kansas City... e non riusciva a rinunciare agli "italici" spaghetti.
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TU VUO' FA' L'AMERICANO
(di Nisa-Renato Carosone, 1956)
Puorte 'e cazune cu nu stemma arreto...
na cuppulella cu 'a visiera aizata...
passa scampanianno pe' Tuleto
comm'a guappo nu, pe 'if it' looks' ...
Thou wilt 'does' ll'americanomericano, try's ...
sient'a who mme t '' o ffa ago '?
you want to live fashionable
but if you drink whiskey and soda "po 'te Siente' and disturbs' ...
Abballe You 'or' rocchenroll
baisiboll you play ...
but solde p 'and' Ccamel
who gives them to you?
's purse I Met Your Mother?
Thou wilt 'does' ll'americano
try's, try's ...
but 'born in Italy!
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vuo 'fa' ll'american
vuo 'fa' ll'american! Come to
yes' capi 'chi to vo' bbene
as to lle Parle miezo Americano?
ll'ammore sott quanno that fa '' a luna comme
to put 'ncapa' know '"I love you"? Tu
vuo 'fa' ll'americano
mericano, mericano ...
me as' nato in Italy!
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vuo 'fa' ll'american
thou wilt 'does' ll'american!
... whiskey soda and rock and roll
Translation
Wear trousers with a coat of arms behind
a cap with the visor raised
flared steps to Toledo
guappo to make you look like a
You want to make the American
try's, try's,
listen to me: who makes you do?
You want to live in the fashion
but if you drink whiskey and soda, "then you feel bad!
you dance to rock and roll,
you play baseball, but
money for the Camel
who gives them to you?
The handbag I Met Your Mother?
You want to be an American,
try's, try's,
but you were born in Italy,
listen to me: there's nothing to do
Neapolitan ok!
You want to do an American, you want to do an American!
As you may know someone who loves you
if you talk to her half American?
When you make love under the moon
as you can think to say "I love you"?
You want to make the American
try's, try's,
but you were born in Italy,
listen to me: there's nothing to do
Neapolitan ok!
You want to be an American,
You want to make an American!
... whiskey soda and rock and roll
Activities: answer questions
1) Secondo te, perchè questo ragazzo vuole fare l'americano?
2) Che cosa fa il ragazzo per sembrare un americano?
3) In quale dialetto Carosone canta la canzone?
4) Che cosa significa "fare l'americano"?
Negli anni '50 molti italiani avevano il mito dell'America. Molte canzoni erano cantate metà in italiano e metà in inglese. Vuoi un esempio? Clicca qui!
1) Riesci a capire il significato della canzone?
2) Secondo te, un italiano capisce la canzone?
Watch this funny video of "An American in Rome" and answer the questions:
1) What do you eat an American, according to the actor?
2) How are the Americans?
3) What do you prefer to eat the guy in the end?
4) In your opinion, what are the stereotypes about Americans in the song and the movie?
Back to the translated text of Tu vo 'does' look for all the American and then write the present tense of the infinitive verb. Do you remember the present tense? Click here and go to the 23, find a card and some exercises to review grammar.
Good job!
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