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Io vagabondo is an Italian song by the Italian band I Nomadi, written in 1972.
It sold millions of copies and is still performed by I Nomadi at their concerts.
Io, vagabondo che son io, vagabondo che non sono altro,
soldi in tasca non ne ho, ma lassù mi è rimasto Dio— Italian refrain
I, vagabond that I am, nothing but a vagabond,
I have no money in my pocket, but up there I still have God— English refrain
There is a Spanish version call Yo vagabundo; it was written in 1973 but it was published on CD only in 2003.
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