Eri piccola così

Music & Lyrics by Fred Buscaglione & Leo Chiosso (1958)

T’ho veduta, t’ho seguita, t’ho fermata, t’ho baciata,
eri piccola, piccola, piccola, così!
M’hai guardato, hai taciuto, ho pensato: “Beh, son piaciuto!”
Eri piccola, piccola, piccola, così!

Poi, è nato il nostro folle amore
che, ripenso ancora con terrore!
M’hai stregato, t’ho creduta, l’hai voluto, t’ho sposata,
eri piccola, piccola, piccola, sì, così!

T’ho viziata, coccolata, latte, burro, marmellata,
eri piccola, piccola, piccola, così!
Che cretino sono stato, anche il gatto m’hai venduto,
ma eri piccola, eh già, piccola, piccola, così!

Tu, fumavi mille sigarette, io, facevo il grano col tresette.
Poi un giorno m’hai piantato per un tipo svaporato!
T’ho cercato, t’ho scovato, l’ho guardato, s’è squagliato!
Quattro schiaffi t’ho servito, tu m’hai detto: “Disgraziato!”
La pistola m’hai puntato, eh, ed un colpo m’hai sparato…
Ah sì? Avanti, spara… Spara… E spara!
E pensare che eri piccola, ma piccola, tanto piccola, così!

You Were Little Like This

Translated by: Francesco Ciabattoni

I saw you, I followed you, I stopped you, I kissed you,
you were little, little, little, like this!
You looked at me, you said nothing, I thought: “Well, she’s impressed!”
you were little, little, little, like this!

Then our crazy love was born
that I still remember with terror!
You bewitched me, I believed you, you wanted it, I married you,
you were little, little, little, like this!

I spoiled you, cuddled you, milk, butter, and jam,
you were little, little, little, like this!
What an idiot I was, you even sold my cat,
you were little, oh yeah, little, little, like this!

You, you smoked a thousand cigarettes,
I was making money gambling at tressette.
Then one day you dumped me for a sop!
I looked for you, I found you, I watched him, he ran!
I slapped you four times, you said: “You jerk!”
You pointed a gun at me, and fired one shot…
Oh yeah? Go ahead, shoot… Shoot… Just shoot!
And to think that you were little, but little, so little, like this!