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Il grillo e la formica
The cricket and the ant
Cricket, beautiful cricket, if you want a wife then say it;
if you don't, go about doing your things !
'lariccio'n farari lalle'ra
e lariccio'n farari lalla' '
There was a beautiful cricket in a field of linen,
the little ant asked him for a bit of thread.
Said the cricket: "What are you going to make ?"
"Socks and shirts, I want to get married."
Said the cricket: "I will be the groom. "
The ant: " I would be happy as well."
So the day of the wedding arrived,
a flask of wine and three baked chestnuts.
While they were in church putting on the ring,
the cricket fell and cracked open his brain.
It was nine o'clock and off at the sea
arrived news that the cricket was not well.
It was ten o'clock and off at the port
arrived news that the cricket was dead.
All the ants dressed themselves in white
to accompany the cricket to the holy ground.
All the ants dressed themselves in black
to accompany the cricket to the cemetery.
The little ant went crazy from her great pain:
just married... now again a single girl !
The little ant in her great pain
took a pin and stabbed it into her heart.