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Italian Folk Songs

from Maremma, Italy

Italian folk songs from Maremma, Italy

These Italian folk songs from Maremma in Italy are a collection of old traditonal songs that have their origins in Maremma and those from further afield that are sung on those special evenings in a Maremma restaurant or bar when the company is good and the wine has flowed...

 

The first and for me the most evocative...

Maremma Amara

A well known folk song from Maremma that originates from the beginning of the 1800's. It tells of the impoverished life in a "terra infida", treacherous land of bandits and malaria.

Two different, but equally moving renditions, and lyrics for Maremma Amara.

 

 

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