Thanks to the musician Martin Paul from Texas for sharing with us his love ballad - set in late 1980s Italy, when still there were Lire as currency instead of Euros.
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Check Paul's full ballad "Un'Altra Birra, Per Favore (How I Learned Italian)" here below!
"Un'Altra Birra, Per Favore (How I Learned Italian)"
by Martin Paul
So many years ago .....I took a long trip, I had a short stay . . .
Went to see my pretty baby, she gets cuter every day
Everyplace I went, well it was pretty as could be &
Everybody that I met there, I was happy to meet -
Didn’t know the language, but things went okay
Right about the time I learned to say . . .
Un'altra birra, per favore - that’s Hey bartender, can I have one more!
Ciao means goodbye, & Ciao’s hello
A pretty girl is molto bello
I had to see my baby ‘cause I just couldn’t wait
It would be a long time ’til she got back to the States -
I met her mom & dad & sister, her aunt & grandmother
And a guy named Lucas that they called their brother
He took us out to eat, it was a real nice place
And I saw him smile when he heard me say...
Un'altra birra, per favore - that’s Hey bartender, can I have one more!
Ciao means goodbye, & Ciao’s hello
If you get real good food, that’s Ottimo!
Well, they got some funny money there that they call Lire
A thousand of them’s about a dollar here -
You gotta wait in customs when you get off the plane,
Then turn your dollars into Lire & you’re on your way
They look a little different, but they spend just the same
Right about the time you learn to say -
(2X)Un’ altra birra, per favore - that’s Hey bartender, can I have one more!
Ciao means goodbye, & Ciao’s hello…
(1st X) A pretty girl is molto bello
(2nd X) If you like her, say Ti amo!
