Italian text
Chi la gagliarda donna vo imparare,
Venit' a nui che simo, mastri fini,
Che de ser' e de matina
Mai manchiamo, di sonare:
Tan tan tan tarira, tan ti ru ra.
Chi la gagliarda donna vo imparare,
sotto lo mastro elle
sotto lo mastro el bisognia stare
Che de ser' e de matina
Mai manchiamo di sonare:
Tan tan tan tarira, tan ti ru ra.
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English translation
Whoever wants to learn the galliard, lady,1
Come to us, who are shrewd masters,
We who in the evening and in the morning
Never stop playing:
Tan tan tan tarira, tan ti ru ra.
Who wants to learn the galliard, lady,
Under the masters
Under the masters must stay
We who in the evening and in the morning
Never stop playing:
Tan tan tan tarira, tan ti ru ra.
1. or, by way of play on words: "Who wants to learn about the vigorous woman,"
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