FUNICULI FUNICULA

Traditional/ Words & Music:
L. Denza
Arranger: Michael D. McGinnis

Some think the world is made for fun and frolic,
And so do I! And so do I!
Some think it well to be all melancholic,
To pine and sigh; to pine and sigh.
But I, I love to spend my time in singing
Some joyous song, some joyous song
To set the air with music bravely ringing
Is far from wrong! Is far from wrong!
Listen, listen, echoes sound afar!
Listen, listen, echoes sound afar!
Funiculi, funicula, Funiculi, funicula,
Echoes sound afar, funiculi, funicula!
Ah me! 'Tis strange that some should take to sighing
And like it well, and like it well!
For me, I have not thought it worth the trying
So cannot tell! So cannot tell!
With laugh, with dance and song the day soon passes
Full soon is gone, full soon is gone.
For mirth was made for joyous lads and lasses
To call their own. To call their own.
Listen, listen, hark the soft guitar!
Listen, listen, hark the soft guitar!
Funiculi, funicula, funiculi, funicula
Hark the soft guitar, funiculi, funicula!