Pietro Brosio Gallery: 'O sole mio

November 2, 2016

'O sole mio

The 3 Tenors (Domingo, Carreras, Pavarotti), live, Los Angeles, 1994
’O sole mio is a globally known Neapolitan song written in 1898. Its lyrics were written by Giovanni Capurro and the music was composed by Eduardo di Capua while he was admiring a magnificent sunrise in Odessa (Ucraina). ’O sole mio is the Neapolitan equivalent of standard Italian "Il mio sole" and translates literally as "my sunshine".

It's Now or Never is a ballad recorded by Elvis Presley in 1960. It is one of two popular songs based on the Italian song 'O Sole mio, the other being There's No Tomorrow, recorded by U.S. singer Tony Martin in 1949, which inspired Presley's version.

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Where have the flowers gone?

Where have all the flowers gone,
long time passing?
Where have all the flowers gone,
long time ago?
Where have all the flowers gone?
Gone to young girls, every one!
When will they ever learn,
when will they ever learn?
Where have all the young girls gone,
long time passing?
Where have all the young girls gone,
long time ago?
Where have all the young girls gone?
Gone to young men, every one!
When will they ever learn,
when will they ever learn?
Where have all the young men gone,
long time passing?
Where have all the young men gone,
long time ago?
Where have all the young men gone?
Gone to soldiers, every one!
When will they ever learn,
when will they ever learn?
And where have all the soldiers gone,
long time passing?
Where have all the soldiers gone,
long time ago?
Where have all the soldiers gone?
Gone to graveyards, every one!
When will they ever learn,
when will they ever learn?
And where have all the graveyards gone,
long time passing?
Where have all the graveyards gone,
long time ago?
Where have all the graveyards gone?
Gone to flowers, every one!
When will they ever learn,
oh when will they ever learn?
Where have all the flowers gone?
Long time passing?
Where have all the flowers gone?
Long time ago?
Where have all the flowers gone?
Young girls picked them, every one.
Oh, when will they ever learn?
Oh, when will they ever learn?

Pete Seeger, 1956

Pietro Brosio Gallery

"The Universal Peace", 1976, oil on canvas 100x70cm.

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November 2, 2016

'O sole mio

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