Great contemporary rendition of song written in 1927 for Sacco and Vanzetti, Lacrima e Cundannate youtube/watch?v=owzjXjF75qo BITTER TEARS AND TWO CONDEMNED MEN Translation and commentary by Robert DAttilio The whole world is turned upside down for Sacco and for Vanzetti both found guilty, And those villains who scorned them should never find a minutes rest! Protesters, and more protesters, come from everywhere, they cry out and try to get them pardoned! After seven years in jail, between life and death, these two desperate men Learn, just now, their fatal sentence has been confirmed. There is no way that we can save them! The governor is the only hope for justice; only God can change his heart and let him grant them mercy. Everyone has been so cold-hearted even the jury -what a cruel company! No they dont listen to reason or to innocence No this is not justice, this is only wicked vileness! These cursed prisoners, without hope, can only cry out and wait in their cells for the grace of God. Alfredo Bascetta was a Neopolitan tenor who had immigrated to New York City shortly after the turn of the 20th century. This is a song written by him in Neapolitan dialect, evidently shortly before the execution of Sacco and Vanzetti. It never mentions the political beliefs, the anarchism of the two men but it expresses strongly the sense of injustice felt by greater part of the Italian community at the long and, in their eyes, barbarous treatment of Sacco and Vanzetti. Thepowerful anguish felt in the music is one of the more moving examples of the emotion evoked by the trial and sentencing to death of the two men. One can read in its words that God will not move governors to do the right thing, nor will God help to cure social injustice created by man
Posted on: Thu, 21 Aug 2014 11:54:22 +0000
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