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“Reginella”, sung by Olivia Naio. A song for Italian National Day

Today, 2 June, is the Festa della Repubblica, Italy’s National Day. So for my Italian readers (and everyone else too!) here’s a song from Naples performed – in the Neapolitan dialect – by my daughter, Olivia. About Reginella “Reginella”, written in 1917 by Libero Bovio and Gaetano Lama, is a bitter-sweet song about lost love and innocence. The singer sees his old love, his …

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Posted byMarian Dougan2 June 20142 June 2015Posted inItalianTags: Italian National Day, Italy, music, names, neapolitan dialect, Olivia Naio, Reginella, Republic Day7 Comments on “Reginella”, sung by Olivia Naio. A song for Italian National Day

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