La collina - Fabrizio De André

La collina - Fabrizio De André

  • Year of release: 1999
  • Language: Italian
  • Duration: 4:03

Below is the lyrics of the song La collina , artist - Fabrizio De André with translation

Lyrics " La collina "

Original text with translation

La collina

Fabrizio De André

Original text

Dove se n'è andato Elmer

Che di febbre si lasciò morire

Dov'è Herman bruciato in miniera

Dove sono Bert e Tom

Il primo ucciso in una rissa

E l’altro che uscì già morto di galera

E cosa ne sarà di Charley

Che cadde mentre lavorava

E dal ponte volò, volò sulla strada

Dormono, dormono sulla collina

Dormono, dormono sulla collina

Dove sono Ella e Kate

Morte entrambe per errore

Una d’aborto, l’altra d’amore

E Maggie uccisa in un bordello

Dalle carezze di un animale

E Edith consumata da uno strano male

E Lizzie che inseguì la vita

Lontano, e dall’Inghilterra

Fu riportata in questo palmo di terra

Dormono, dormono sulla collina

Dormono, dormono sulla collina

Dove sono i generali

Che si fregiarono nelle battaglie

Con cimiteri di croci sul petto

Dove i figli della guerra

Partiti per un ideale

Per una truffa, per un amore finito male

Hanno rimandato a casa

Le loro spoglie nelle bandiere

Legate strette perché sembrassero intere

Dormono, dormono sulla collina

Dormono, dormono sulla collina

Dov'è Jones il suonatore

Che fu sorpreso dai suoi novant’anni

E con la vita avrebbe ancora giocato

Lui che offrì la faccia al vento

La gola al vino e mai un pensiero

Non al denaro, non all’amore né al cielo

Lui sì sembra di sentirlo

Cianciare ancora delle porcate

Mangiate in strada nelle ore sbagliate

Sembra di sentirlo ancora

Dire al mercante di liquore

«tu che lo vendi, cosa ti compri di migliore?»

Song translation

Where did Elmer go

Who let himself die of fever

Where is Herman burned in the mine

Where are Bert and Tom

The first killed in a fight

And the other one who came out of jail already dead

And what will become of Charley

That he fell while he worked

And from the bridge he flew, flew to the road

They sleep, they sleep on the hill

They sleep, they sleep on the hill

Where are Ella and Kate

Both died by mistake

One of abortion, the other of love

And Maggie killed in a brothel

From the caresses of an animal

And Edith consumed by a strange disease

And Lizzie chasing life

Far away, and from England

She was brought back to this palm of earth

They sleep, they sleep on the hill

They sleep, they sleep on the hill

Where are the generals

Who adorned themselves in battles

With cemeteries of crosses on the chest

Where the children of war

Set out for an ideal

For a scam, for a love that ended badly

They sent home

Their spoils in the flags

Tied tightly to make them appear whole

They sleep, they sleep on the hill

They sleep, they sleep on the hill

Where is Jones the player

Who was surprised by his ninety years

And with life he would still play

He who offered his face to the wind

The gluttony of wine is never a thought

Not to money, not to love or to heaven

Yes, he seems to hear it

Still chattering about filth

Eat on the street at the wrong times

It seems to still hear it

Tell the liquor merchant

"You who sell it, what better do you buy?"

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