Li Frati D'un Paese (the Friers Of The Village) Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBA ABBA CBC BCB D ABBC ABEF GHA IJB| Senti sto fatto Un giorno de st'istate | A |
| Lavoravo ar convento de Genzano | B |
| E ssentivo de sopra ch'er guardiano | B |
| Tirava gi biastime a carrettate | A |
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| Perch essenno le gente aridunate | A |
| Per cant la novena a ssan Cazziano | B |
| Cerca qua chiama l quer zagristano | B |
| Drento a le celle nun trovava un frate | A |
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| Era vicino a notte e un pispillorio | C |
| Gi se sentiva in de la chiesa piena | B |
| Quanno senti che ffa ppadre Grigorio | C |
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| Curze a intocc la tevola de cena | B |
| E appena che fu empito er refettorio | C |
| Disse Al frati porchi a la novena | B |
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| English | D |
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| Listen to this story During last summer one day | A |
| I was working at the monastery in Genzano | B |
| When I heard upstairs the sacristan | B |
| Swearing like a trooper | C |
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| Because while the people had gathered | A |
| To sing the novena for St Cassian | B |
| The sacristan looking for the friars high and low | E |
| Could not find any of them in their rooms | F |
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| Night was approaching and a whispering | G |
| Already came from the crowded church | H |
| So listen what Father Gregory did | A |
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| He ran to sound the dinner bell | I |
| And as soon as the refectory was full | J |
| Said Hurry up lousy friars to the novena | B |
Giuseppe Gioacchino Belli
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