King’s Singers
King’s Singers
King’s Singers
King’s Singers
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This is an Italian madrigal with an unknown composer. While many of the lyrics are nonsense and just made to rhyme with one another, this short madrigal does tell the story of a girl (Franceschina) who longs for a husband. Her father finds one for her in the son of Count Constanti, but she refuses,...
La bella Franceschina, ninina, bufina
La fili bustachina
Che la vorria mari, nini la fili bustacchi
La suo padre a la finestra, ninestra
Bufestra, la fili bustachestra
Ascoltar quel che la di', nini la fili bustacchi
Tasi, tasi Franceschina, ninina
Bufina, la fili bustachina
Che te daro mari, nini la fili bustacchi
Te darogio lo fio del conte, ninonte
Bufonte, la fili bustaconte
Del conte constanti, nini la fili bustacchi
E no vogio lo fio del conte, ninonte
Bufonte, la fili bustachonte
Del conte constanti, nini la fili bustacchi
Che vogio quel giovenetto, ninetto
Bufetto, la fili bustachetto
Che sta in prigion per mi, nini la fili bustacchi
Anonymous: La Bella Franceschina was produced by Anthony Rooley.