"Marenariello" is a
Neapolitan
Neapolitan means of or pertaining to Naples, a city in Italy; or to:
Geography and history
* Province of Naples, a province in the Campania region of southern Italy that includes the city
* Duchy of Naples, in existence during the Early and Hig ...
song written in 1893 by
Gennaro Ottaviano (words) and
Salvatore Gambardella (music).
American singer
Perry Como
Pierino Ronald "Perry" Como (; May 18, 1912 – May 12, 2001) was an Italian-American singer, actor and television personality. During a career spanning more than half a century, he recorded exclusively for RCA Victor for 44 years, after signing ...
included this song in his album ''
Perry Como in Italy'' in 1966.
The song was adapted into the
English language
English is a West Germanic language of the Indo-European language family, with its earliest forms spoken by the inhabitants of early medieval England. It is named after the Angles, one of the ancient Germanic peoples that migrated to the is ...
hit "
I Have But One Heart
"I Have But One Heart" is a popular song composed by Johnny Farrow, with lyrics by Marty Symes. The song was published in 1945.
Background
The song is adapted from the traditional Neapolitan song "O Marenariello."
1947 recordings
A recording by ...
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and was sung by
Andrea Bocelli
Andrea Bocelli (; born 22 September 1958) is an Italian tenor and multi-instrumentalist. He was born visually impaired, with congenital glaucoma, and at the age of 12, Bocelli became completely blind, following a brain hemorrhage resulting fro ...
on his first classical album ''
Viaggio Italiano
''Viaggio Italiano'' is Andrea Bocelli's third studio album and first classical album.
The album features some of the most popular opera arias and Neapolitan songs of all time, such as Nessun Dorma, O Sole Mio and la Donna è Mobile. Although r ...
'' released in 1997. A Dutch version, "Het vissermeisje", was a hit in the 1930s for
Joseph Schmidt
Joseph Schmidt (4 March 1904 – 16 November 1942) was an Austro-Hungarian and Romanian Jewish tenor and actor.
Life and career
Schmidt was born in Davideny (Ukrainian: '' Davydivka'') village in the Storozhynets district of the Bukovina ...
.
Text of the song
References
Neapolitan songs
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