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Traditional songs

The Departure of the bride (La Partenze)
Abruzzese typical bridal song of the area of Teramo

The song in Arsita - collected by prof. Profeta in 1949, consists of 4 stanzas: in the first the bride comments on her painful departure, in the second the chorus encourages her to get ready, in the third all the house expresses the pain, in the last the singers take their leave from the bride.
Dialect	English
Partenza dillirose, vita cara Chi sa dumanassere duva mi trove. O mi trove luntane luntane tante O nella case di lu mije amante. Bianche e rusciette annurdine li panne Si n'haminute l'ore di partire. 'N-case di la mamme ci state tante 'N-case dill'amante si deve ire. Piagne li mure e suspire li porte Si deve ire duve vo' la sorte. Piagne li porte e suspire li mure Si deve Ji, duva vo' la vinture. Queste li diche nallu pete di rose La bbona sere alla signora spose.	Painful departure, dear life Who knows where I will be tomorrow night. if I will be so far, far away or in my lover's house. Prepare the linen red and white The time to leave has come. You were so long in your mother's house In your lover's house you must go. The walls cry and the doors sigh You must go where destiny leads. The doors cry and the walls sigh You must go where fortune leads. These we say to the petals of teh rose Good evening to you, lady bride.

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