La Lega (song)

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"La Lega"
Song
English titleThe Union
Writtenlate 19th century
Songwriter(s) Unknown

"La Lega" is an Italian folk song from the Emilian people, sung by the rice-growers of the Po Valley. It is the symbol of the revolt of the agricultural workers against their bosses at the end of the 19th century, when the unions were starting to be created.

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It may be heard in Bernardo Bertolucci's film 1900 when the farmers, under Anna's leadership, start to demonstrate against the expulsion of the farmers because their wealthy landowners do not respect their contracts.

Lyrics

Italian Lyrics
La Lega
Sebben che siamo donne
Paura non abbiamo
Per amor dei nostri figli
Per amor dei nostri figli
Sebben che siamo donne
Paura non abbiamo
Per amor dei nostri figli
Socialismo noi vogliamo*
Refrain :
O li o li o la
E la lega la crescerà
E noialtri socialisti
E noialtri socialisti
O li o li o la
E la lega la crescerà
E noi altri lavoratori
Vogliamo la libertà
E la libertà non viene
Perchè non c'è l'unione
Crumiri col padrone
Crumiri col padrone
E la libertà non viene
Perchè non c'è l'unione
Crumiri col padrone
Son tutti da ammazzar
Refrain
Sebben che siamo donne
Paura non abbiamo
Abbiamo delle belle buone lingue
Abbiamo delle belle buone lingue
Sebben che siamo donne
Paura non abbiamo
Abbiam delle belle buone lingue
E ben ci difendiamo
Refrain
E voialtri signoroni
Che ci avete tanto orgoglio
Abbassate la superbia
Abbassate la superbia
E voialtri signoroni
Che ci avete tanto orgoglio
Abbassate la superbia
E aprite il portafoglio
O li o li o la
E la lega la crescerà
E noialtri lavoratori
E noialtri lavoratori
O li o li o la
E la lega la crescerà
E noialtri lavoratori
I vuruma vess pagà
O li o li o la
E la lega la crescerà
E noialtri socialisti
E noialtri socialisti
O li o li o la
E la lega la crescerà
E noialtri socialisti
Vogliamo la libertà [1]
English Translation
The Union
Although we are women
Fear we do not have
For the love of our children
For the love of our children
Although we are women
Fear we do not have
For the love of our children
Socialism we want
Refrain :
O li o li o la
And the Union will grow
And we socialists
And we socialists
O li o li o la
And the Union will grow
And we workers
We want liberty!
But freedom does not come
Because we're not united
The scabs with the boss
The scabs with the boss
But freedom does not come
Because we're not united
The scabs with the boss
They should all be killed
Refrain
Although we are women
Fear we do not have
We have good tongues
We have good tongues
Although we are women
Fear we do not have
We have good tongues
And we defend well
Refrain
And you fine gentlemen
Who have such pride
Close your pride
Close your pride
And you fine gentlemen
That have such pride
Close your pride
And open your wallet
O li o li o la
And the Union will grow
And we workers
And we workers
O li o li o la
And the Union will grow
And we workers
We want our pay!
O li o li o la
And the Union will grow
And we socialists
And we socialists
O li o li o la
And the Union will grow
And we socialists
We want freedom!

(*)An alternative line to 'Per amor de nostri figli Socialismo noi vogliamo' which is widely used is: 'Per amor de nostri figli In lega ci mettiamo' [2] [3] [4] [5]

English Version

An English singing version is:

1. You say we’re only women, But we are not afraid,

For the sake of our children, For the sake of our children

You say we’re only women, But we are not afraid,

For the sake of our children, Our union will be made Hey!

(Refrain) Oli, oli olla, And the union it will grow

And we the socialistis, And we the socialistis,

Oli, oli olla, And the union it will grow

And we the socialistis, want liberty right now

2. But liberty will not come, Because we’re not united

The blacklegs with the bosses, The blacklegs with the bosses,

But liberty will not come, Because we’re not united

The blacklegs with the bosses, They must be defeated.

3. You say we’re only women, But we are not afraid

We have our defences. We have our defences.

You say we’re only women, But we are not afraid

We have our defences. Our tongues are sharp as blades, Hey

4. You men rich and boastful, The pride of all the nation,

Forget your self-importance, forget your self-importance

You men rich and boastful, The pride of all the nation,

Forget your self-importance, And make a big donation

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  1. administration: the top-level "management" of an organized crime family -- the boss, underboss and consigliere.
  2. associate: one who works with mobsters, but hasn't been asked to take the vow of Omertà; an almost confirmed, or made guy.
  3. bagman: a person or paymaster designated to collect or distribute illicitly gained money.
  4. barone: a baron or landlord.
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  6. boss: the head of the family who runs the show. He decides who gets made and who gets whacked. The boss also gets points from all family business; also see don, chairman.
  7. bridge: threat of death; e.g. "our former friend is walking across the bridge".
  8. button or becoming a button man: a mafia hit man; or someone who has become a made man.
  9. capo: the family member who leads a crew; short for caporegime or capodecina.
  10. capo dei capi: "boss of all [the] bosses" is a phrase used mainly by the media, public and the law enforcement community to indicate a supremely powerful crime boss in the Sicilian or American Mafia who holds great influence over the whole organization.
  11. captain: a capo.
  12. cement shoes: a method of murder or body disposal, usually associated with criminals such as the Mafia or gangs. It involves weighting down the victim, who may be dead or alive, with concrete and throwing them into water in the hope the body will never be found.
  13. clip: to murder; also to whack, hit, pop, burn, ice, put a contract out on.
  14. code of silence: not ratting on one's colleagues once one has been pinched -- no longer a strong virtue in organized crime families. Also, see omertà.
  15. comare: literally "godmother" in Southern Italian slang, usually pronounced "goomah" or "goomar" in American English: a Mafia mistress.
  16. confirm: to be made; see made guy.
  17. connected guy: an associate
  18. consigliere: the family adviser, who is always consulted before decisions are made.
  19. Cosa Nostra : mob term for the family or Mafia
  20. crank: speed; in particular, crystal meth.
  21. crew: the group of soldiers under the capo's command.
  22. cugine: a young soldier striving to be made.
  23. don: the head of the family; see boss.
  24. earner: a member who brings in much money for the family.
  25. eat alone: to keep for oneself; to be greedy.
  26. family: an organized crime clan.
  27. forget about it : An exclamation; as the title character explains in Donnie Brasco:

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  28. G: a grand; a thousand dollars; also see large.
  29. garbage business: euphemism for organized crime.
  30. Golden Age: The days before RICO.
  31. Goodfella: A member of the Mafia.
  32. goomar or goomah: Americanized form of comare, a Mafia mistress.
  33. goombah: an associate, especially a senior member of a criminal gang.
  34. heavy: packed, carrying a weapon.
  35. hit: to murder; also see whack.
  36. initiation or induction: becoming a made man.
  37. juice: the interest paid to a loan shark for the loan; also see vig.
  38. kick up: give a part of the income to the next up in the command chain.
  39. lam: To lay down, go into hiding.
  40. large: a thousand, a grand, a G.
  41. LCN : abbreviation for La Cosa Nostra.
  42. lupara bianca: a journalistic term to indicate a Mafia slaying done in such a way that the victim's body is never found.
  43. made man: an inducted member of the family.
  44. make one's bones: gain credibility by killing someone.
  45. mock execution: to whip someone into shape by frightening them.
  46. mattresses, going to, taking it to, or hitting the: going to war with a rival clan or family.
  47. message job: placing the bullet in someone's body such that a specific message is sent to that person's crew or family; see through the eye and through the mouth.
  48. mob, the: a single organized crime family; or all organized crime families together.
  49. mobbed up: connected to the mob.
  50. mobster: one who is in the mob.
  51. oath: becoming inducted as a made man.
  52. Omertà: to take a vow of silence in the Mafia, punishable by death if not upheld.
  53. one-way ride or taking someone for a ride: underworld for an execution method
  54. outfit: a clan, or family within the Mafia.
  55. pass: A reprieve from being whacked.
  56. paying tribute: giving the boss a cut of the deal.
  57. pinched: to get caught by the cops or federal agents.
  58. points: percent of income; cut.
  59. program, the: The Witness Protection Program.
  60. rat: someone who turns informant, snitches or squeals after having been pinched.
  61. RICO: Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act. Passed in 1970 to aid the American government in clamping down on organized crime activities, its scope has since been broadened to prosecute insider traders.
  62. shakedown: to blackmail or try to get money from someone; also to give someone a scare.
  63. shy: the interest charged on loans by loan sharks.
  64. shylock business: the business of loansharking.
  65. sitdown: a meeting, esp. with another family.
  66. soldier: the bottom-level member of an organized crime family who is made.
  67. spring cleaning: cleaning up, hiding or getting rid of evidence.
  68. tax: to take a percentage of someone's earnings.
  69. The Commission and the Sicilian Mafia Commission: two bodies, Italian-American and the Sicilian respectively, of leading Mafia members to decide on important questions concerning the actions of, and settling disputes within the Mafia.
  70. This Thing of Ours : a mob family, or the entire mob.
  71. through the eye: a message job through the eye to say "We're watching you!"
  72. through the mouth: a message job through the mouth to indicate that someone WAS a rat.
  73. underboss: the second in command to the boss.
  74. vig: Vigorish abbr. the house's or bookie's take in gambling or the interest paid to a loan shark for the loan; also see juice.
  75. waste management business: euphemism for organized crime.
  76. whack: to murder; also clip, hit, pop, burn, put a contract out.
  77. wiseguy: a made man.
  78. zips: is a slang term often used as a derogatory slur by Italian American and Sicilian American mobsters in reference to newer immigrant Sicilian and Italian mafiosi.
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References

  1. ↑ Pivato, Stefano. Bella Ciao: Canto e Politica nella Storia D'Italia Bari: Economica Laterza, 2007
  2. ↑ "La lega » ilDeposito.org - canti di protesta politica e sociale". Archived from the original on 2012-05-02. Retrieved 2012-02-27.
  3. ↑ "Canto Socialista la Lega Lyrics". Archived from the original on 2012-09-05. Retrieved 2012-02-27.
  4. ↑ A book of revolutionary songs published in France: 'Karaoke Chorale-pub: 2011 Carnet de chants politiques et d'amours'
  5. ↑ "La Lega".

(1) Pivato, Stefano. Bella Ciao: Canto e Politica Nella Storia d'Italia. Bari Editori Laterza, 2007, pp. 82–83.

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