A popular song from 1938.
Words by M. Kur-zhene.
Music by Al Ritz and Enoch Light.
Sheet music provided by Nicholas Leunissen:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
Ev’ry ev’ning a donkey’s braying
A wagon’s swaying
A poor boy’s praying
Ev’ry morning beneath a blue sky
He makes a new try
With this jumbled cry
Chorus
Mariettina, have you seen a crazy vender
Yell “Spumoni, hot and tender”
Mariettina, have you seen a giddy fellow
Shout “Umbrellas, sweet and mellow”
My song always comes out wrong
When you smile at me my head begins to spin
And ev’ry face in ev’ry window starts to grin
Because they know that I love you so
Mariettina, life could mean an endless rhapsody
If you will only marry me
Mariettina, tu sei bella! Mariettina, tu sei fina!
Mariettina, you’re the sea, the sky and earth combined
Mariettina, tu sei bella! Mariettina, tu sei fina!
Mariettina, marry me before I lose my mind
Sung here by Fred Feild: