I Papaveri (The Poppy Song)

I Papaveri (The Poppy Song)
Traditional Italian,
Translated by Michael Mark & Tom Chapin
© 1996 HCD Music & The Last Music Co. (ASCAP)

Lo sai che i papaveri son’ alti, alti, alti.
Ma tu se piccolino, tu se paparino.
Lo sai che i papaveri son’ alti, alti, alti.
Per esere come loro tu devi aspettar’.

You know the poppy flower grows up
Tall and slim and straight,
But you are not a tall flower,
You are still a small flower.
You know the poppy flower grows up
Tall and slim and straight.
To grow as tall as they do
You’re going to have to wait.

Lo sai che i papaveri son’ alti, alti, alti.
Ma tu se piccolino, tu se paparino.
Lo sai che i papaveri son’ alti, alti, alti.
Per esere come loro
Tu devi aspettar’.

This song appears on Tom Chapin's Around The World And Back Again CD.

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