LA LIONETTA (Tradizionale / Musica: Aversa)

La Lioneta l'era ant'al camp,
ant’al camp ch'a la lavurava,
gentil galant ch'a la risguardava.

"Cosa risguarda gentil galant?"
- "Mi na risguardo che sì tant bela,
vuri venì cun nui a la guera.

“O Lioneta vuri venì.
Vuri venì cun nui a la guera,
mangè pan durmì per tera?

“E mi a la guera na vegnu pa,
mi voi durmì su la bianca piuma
cunfurma l'è nostra costuma".

"Nostra costuma l'è i ninsoi bianc,
ninsoi bianc d'teila d'Ulanda".
- "Sur capitani cosa cumanda?"

Suné trumbete! Suné tambur!
Suné tambur! Suné la marciada!
La Lioneta ven a l'armada.
Suné tambur! Suné la cuntradansa!
La Lioneta na intra an Fransa!

LA LIONETTA (Traditional; music: Aversa)

Lionetta was in the field
In the field she was working.
A handsome young was looking at her.

“What are you looking at, nice young man?”
“I watch you, you’re so beautiful,
Do you want to come with us to war?

Oh Lionetta, do you want to come,
Have just bread and sleep on the floor?”

“No, I don’t want to go to war
I want to sleep between white feathers
As I’m used to.

“We are accustomed to white sheets,
White sheets of Flanders linen made”.
“Mr. Captain what do you command?”

“Sound the trumpets! Beat the drums!
Beat the drums to march time!
Lionetta is leaving with the army”.
“Let the drums play! Play the contradance!
Lionetta enters France”.