Ninco Nanco when he lives will be a thorn in the side Ninco Nanco when he dies will be a thorn in the side
1859, the old king Bourbon dies and on his throne go his son, 23 years, is still a boy. It's time to take advantage of this power vacuum, of that kingdom in the middle of the sea defended only by sirens. And the Bank of Naples is ideal to recoup the costs, to cover the deficit of the Piedmont finance.
And Ninco Nanco must die because the history so must go and the South is a land of conquest and Ninco Nanco would rebel, and Ninco Nanco must die because if he lives could speak and he speaks could say something good about the South.
Ninco Nanco when he lives will be a thorn in the side Ninco Nanco when he dies will be a thorn in the side Ninco Nanco when he lives will be a thorn in the side Ninco Nanco when he dies will be a thorn in the side
And the Sulfur of Sicily and the shipyards in Castellammare and silk factories [1] and Gaeta to bomb [2]. It is the ideal that makes war, a declared war to see who gone win between the gun and the tammurriata, and that the tammurriata is superstition, it's astory that must end and here we made the Italy or dies [3] and Ninco Nanco must die.
And Ninco Nanco must die because the history so must go and the South is a land of conquest and Ninco Nanco would rebel, and Ninco Nanco must die because if he lives could speak and he speaks could say something good about the South.
Ninco Nanco when he lives will be a thorn in the side Ninco Nanco when he dies will be a thorn in the side Ninco Nanco when he lives will be a thorn in the side Ninco Nanco when he dies will be a thorn in the side
And to defeat brigandage and inaugurate the emigration it is necessary to kill courage and Ninco Nanco is better that die. Because he was born as farmer and killing him is not a crime and after a shot of revolver they also photographed him [4]. And his soul is already distant, but on his face is the smile, the last challenge of a brigand: "How beautiful is to die killed"
And Ninco Nanco must die because the history so must go and the South is a land of conquest and Ninco Nanco would rebel, and Ninco Nanco must die because if he lives could speak and he speaks could say something good about the South.
And Ninco Nanco to be eliminated and if he dies who cares, on his grave not even a flower, no one prays on his grave.
And Ninco Nanco to kill, won't his name mentioned anymore, will be cursed history, would be cursed this song..
And Ninco Nanco must die because the history so must go and the South is a land of conquest and Ninco Nanco would rebel, and Ninco Nanco must die because if he lives could speak and he speaks could say something good about the South.
and Ninco Nanco must die because if he lives could speak and he speaks could say something good about the South.
[1] Under the Bourbons of Naples, the south had many industries including the silk factory of San Leucio, the shipyards of Castellamare and the Sicilian sulfur mines, as sulfur was in great demand in the 1800s and the England couldn't control the price financed the fall of the Bourbons of Naples; [2]With the siege of Gaeta and the fall of the city on February 13, 1861, the whole kingdom of Naples was conquered by the Piedmontese army; [3] "Qui o si fa l'Italia o si muore" (Or We made the Italy or we die) It's a famous phrase spoken by Garibaldi after landing in Sicily; [4] The Piedmontese soldiers after killing the brigands, photographed them to show the end that was reserved for those who rebelled. Many alleged brigands were also beheaded by the dead and the heads sent to Turin to Cesare Lombroso to be examined.
