Lucio Dalla
Il colonnello lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Italian
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1971
- Genre
- Pop
- Length
- 3:42
Un galantuomo di età
A gentleman of age
Monocolo, che frac
Monocle, what a mess
Che deve vivere qua
Who must live here
In collera va
In anger he goes
Straccioni distesi per strada
Ragged folks sprawled on the street
I negri, la mafia e la droga
The blacks, the mafia, and the drugs
Ai tempi miei
In my days
Così non fu mai
It was never like this
L'elenco ce l'ho
I've got the list
I disfattisti, i comunisti, i pederasti
The defeatists, the communists, the pederasts
Brava gente di età
Good people of the age
Oggi la plebaglia
Today the common folk
Sempre più canaglia si fa
Are becoming more and more scoundrels
Ma finalmente verrà
But finally, he will come
Uno che al paese
Someone who will
Le fondamenta farà
Build the foundations in the town
La barca sarà ripulita
The boat will be cleaned up
Da scioperi e dolce vita
From strikes and sweet life
Sarò con lui
I will be with him
Quel giorno, sai
That day, you know
L'elenco ce l'ho
I've got the list
I disfattisti, i comunisti e i pederasti
The doomsayers, the communists, and the pedophiles
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Key vocabulary
- negri
- blacksB2
- galantuomo
- gentleman
- età
- ageA1
- monocolo
- monocle
- frac
- tuxedo
- deve
- mustA1
- collera
- anger
- va
- goesA1
- straccioni
- paupers
- così
- like thisA1
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About this song
Lucio Dalla was an Italian singer and composer in the pop and singer-songwriter tradition. He was known for his long recording career with major labels and for composing music for television and film.