O-eh-lee! La-la!
Donna! Donna!
Blue is the sky of Palermo;
Blue is the little bay;
And dost thou remember the orange and fig,
The lively sun and the sea breeze at evening?
Hey-la!
Donna! Donna! Maria!
O-eh-li! La-la!
Donna! Donna!
Gray is the sky of this land.
Gray and green is the water.
I see no trees, dost thou? The wind
Is cold for the big woman there with the candle.
Hey-la!
Donna! Donna! Maria!
O-eh-li! O-la!
Donna! Donna!
I sang thee by the blue waters;
I sing thee here in the gray dawning.
Kiss, for I put down my guitar;
I-ll sing thee more songs after the landing.
O Jesu, I love thee!
Donna! Donna! Maria!
Sicilian Emigrant-s Song
William Carlos Williams
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Poem topics: green, guitar, kiss, remember, sea, sun, water, wind, woman, evening, cold, candle, orange, love, sky, I love you, blue, Print This Poem , Rhyme Scheme
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