Eh, Cumpari

Album

Single

Label

Cadence Records

Genre

Novelty

Media Type

78

Composer(s)

Julius La Rosa;Archie Bleyer

Entered Chart

Jan 2, 1954

Peak Date

Jan 9, 1954

Released

September 1953

Catalog #

cadence - 1232

B-Side

Till They've All Gone Home

"Eh, Cumpari!" is a novelty song. It was adapted from a traditional Italian song by Julius La Rosa and Archie Bleyer in 1953 and sung by La Rosa with Bleyer's orchestra as backing on a recording that year. The song is a cumulative song, in which each verse contains all of the previous verses as well. It is sung in Sicilian and is about the sounds of musical instruments.

Eh Cumpari, ci vo sunari
Chi si sona? Un friscalettu
E comu si sona you friscalettu?
You friscalette, tipiti tipiti tam
E cumpari, ci vo sunari
Chi si sona? You saxofona
E comu si sona you saxofona?
Tu tu tu tu you saxofona
You friscalette, tipiti tipiti tam
E cumpari, ci vo sunari
Chi si sona? You mandolinu
E comu si sona you mandolinu?
A pling a pling, you mandulin
Tu tu tu tu you saxofona
You friscalette, tipiti tipiti tam
E cumpari, ci vo sunari?
Chi si sona? You viulinu
E comu si sona you viulinu?
A ting a ting, you viulin
A pling a pling, you mandulin
Tu tu tu tu you saxofona
You friscalette, tipiti tipiti tam
E cumpari, ci vo sunari?
Chi si sona? A la trumbetta
Ma comu si sona a la trumbetta?
Papapapa a la trumbetta
A ting a ting, you viulin
A pling a pling, you mandulin
Tu tu tu tu you saxofona
You friscalette, tipiti tipiti tam
E compari, ci vo sunari?
Chi si sona? A la trombona
Ma comu si sona a la trombona
A fumma a fumma a la trombona
Pa-pa pa-pa pa la trumbetta
A ting a ting, you viulin
A pling a pling, you mandulin
Tu tu tu tu you saxofona
You friscalette, tipiti tipiti tam
Tipiti tipiti
Tipiti tipiti tam