O mio Babbino Caro
Lesley Garrett Lyrics


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O mio babbino caro
Mi piace, è bello, bello
Vo′andare in Porta Rossa
A comperar l'anello

Sì, sì, ci voglio andare
E se l′amassi indarno
Andrei sul Ponte Vecchio
Ma per buttarmi in Arno

Mi struggo e mi tormento
O Dio, vorrei morir




Babbo, pietà, pietà
Babbo, pietà, pietà

Overall Meaning

The lyrics to Lesley Garrett's song "O Mio Babbino Caro" are a plea from a daughter to her father, expressing her desire to marry the man she loves. The daughter sings about her love for her father, but also about her love for the man she wishes to marry. She wants to go to the Porta Rossa to buy a ring for her beloved and is pleading with her father to let her go. She is willing to do anything to be with the man she loves, even if it means throwing herself into the Arno River on the Ponte Vecchio if her father does not approve. She is so tormented by her love for the man that she begs for her father's mercy, essentially saying that she cannot live without him.


Line by Line Meaning

O mio babbino caro
Oh my dear father


Mi piace, è bello, bello
I like him, he's handsome, so handsome


Vo′andare in Porta Rossa
I want to go to Porta Rossa


A comperar l'anello
To buy the ring


Sì, sì, ci voglio andare
Yes, yes, I want to go there


E se l′amassi indarno
And if my love were in vain


Andrei sul Ponte Vecchio
I would go to Ponte Vecchio


Ma per buttarmi in Arno
But to throw myself into the Arno


Mi struggo e mi tormento
I am pining and tormented


O Dio, vorrei morir
Oh God, I wish I could die


Babbo, pietà, pietà
Father, have mercy, have mercy


Babbo, pietà, pietà
Father, have mercy, have mercy




Writer(s): Giacomo Puccini, Helen M. Marrs

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Ella Lena

The Diva from Doncaster.

Donna Kennedy

fantastic I have been looking for this clip

TackyLuau

💖

Consuelo Bettinelli

Not the best soprano but one with courage and passion. She was singing apparently unprepared. If so, my compliments.

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