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Italian
Original lyrics
Bombolo
Era alto così
Era grosso così
Lo chiamavan Bombolo
Si provò di ballar
Cominciò a traballar
Fece un capitombolo:
Ruzzolò di qua
Rimbalzò di là
Come fa una palla
Per destin fatal
Cadde in un canal
Ma rimase a galla
Pei suoi piccoli piè
Pel suo grande gilè
Lo chiamavan Bombolo
E pensavano: "Ahimè
Chissà mai cosa c'è
Sotto quel gilè!"
Poi ne combinò da sbalordire
Quando volle dimagrire
Un dottore gli ordinò per cura
Acqua pura, niente più
Lui per far la cura più intensiva
Ne inghiottiva tutto il dì
E così, nel mentre si curava
Si gonfiava sempre più
Era alto così
Era grosso così
Lo chiamavan Bombolo
Si provò di ballar
Cominciò a traballar
Fece un capitombolo:
Ruzzolò di qua
Rimbalzò di là
Come fa una palla
Per destin fatal
Cadde in un canal
Ma rimase a galla
Pei suoi piccoli piè
Pel suo grande gilè
Lo chiamavan Bombolo
E pensavano: "Ahimè
Chissà mai cosa c'è
Sotto quel gilè!"
Ruzzolò di qua
Rimbalzò di là
Come fa una palla
Per destin fatal
Cadde in un canal
Ma rimase a galla
Pei suoi piccoli piè
Pel suo grande gilè
Lo chiamavan Bombolo
E pensavano: "Ahimè
E pensavano: "Ahimè
Chissà mai cosa c'è
Chissà mai cosa c'è
Sotto quel gilè!"
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Alberto Scotti on 2024-10-28
Alberto Scotti on 2024-10-28English
Translation
Bumbo
He was this tall
He was this wide
They called him Bumbo
He tried to dance
But started to wobble
He took a tumble:
Rolled over here
Bounced over there
Like a ball
By some fatal chance
He fell in a ditch
But stayed afloat
With his little feet
And his big vest
They called him Bumbo
And they thought, “Alas
Who knows what’s under
That big vest!”
Then he did something astonishing
When he wanted to lose weight
A doctor prescribed a cure
Pure water, nothing more
To follow the strictest regimen
He swallowed it all day long
And so, while he was getting better
He kept swelling more and more
He was this tall
He was this wide
They called him Bumbo
He tried to dance
But started to wobble
He took a tumble:
Rolled over here
Bounced over there
Like a ball
By some fatal chance
He fell in a ditch
But stayed afloat
With his little feet
And his big vest
They called him Bumbo
And they thought, “Alas,
Who knows what’s under
That big vest!”
Rolled over here
Bounced over there
Like a ball
By some fatal chance
He fell in a ditch
But stayed afloat
With his little feet
And his big vest
They called him Bumbo
And they thought, “Alas
And they thought, “Alas
Who knows what’s under
Who knows what’s under
That big vest?”
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