L'italiano [English translation]

Let me sing

with the guitar in hand

let me sing

i am an italian

Good morning Italy of spaghetti "al dente" (briefly cooked-italian cooking way)

and a partisan as a president

with the car radio always in the right hand

and a canary upon the window

Good morning Italy with your artists

with so many American posters

with the songs of love

with the heart

with always more women and less nuns

Good morning Italy

good morning Mary (means Mother Mary)

with eyes full of melancholy

good morning God

you know I am here too.

Let me sing

with the guitar in hand

let me sing

a song slowly slowly

let me sing

because I am proud

i am an Italian

a true Italian.

Good morning Italy who doesn't scare

with peppermint shaving cream

with a striped costume in blue

and the Sunday replays on TV

good morning Italy with ristretto coffee (type of coffee)

the new socks in the first drawer

with the flag in laundry (public laundry, possibly means cleaning the flag in public laundry after a football match)

and a worned chassis 600 (600 its a Fiat car)

Good morning Italy

good morning Mary (means Mother Mary)

with eyes full of melancholy

good morning God

you know I am here too.

Let me sing

with the guitar in hand

let me sing

a song slowly slowly

let me sing

because I am proud

i am an Italian

a true Italian.

• Artist:Toto Cutugno
• Album:L'Italiano (1983)