SOGNAMI UN POCHINO

Le stelle risplendono lucenti su di te
Le brezze notturne sembrano sussurrare “Ti amo”
Gli uccelli cantano sui platani
Fa’ un piccolo sogno su di me

Dimmi buonanotte e baciami
Semplicemente tienimi stretta e dimmi che ti mancherò
Mentre sarò sola e triste più che mai
fa’ un piccolo sogno su di me

Le stelle stanno scomparendo ma io indugio, caro
desiderando un altro tuo bacio
Ho voglia di attardarmi fino all’alba, caro
semplicemente dicendo questo

Fa’ dolci sogni finché i raggi del sole non ti troveranno
dolci sogni che allontanino ogni  tutte preoccupazione
Ma nei tuoi sogni, qualsiasi essi siano
sognami un pochino

(L.Z.)

“Some kids in Italy call me ‘Mama Jazz’; I thought that was so cute. As long as they don’t call me ‘Grandma Jazz.’”

Ella Fitzgerald, the most popular female jazz singer for more than half a century, died on 15 June 1996, twenty-five years ago.
She was often referred to as Lady Ella, the First Lady of Song, Queen of Jazz.

In this video she is singing “Dream a Little Dream of Me“, a 1931 song with music by Fabian Andre and Wilbur Schwandt, and lyrics by Gus Kahnwhich . This song became a popular standard in depression-era America and over the years it was recorded by a variety of singers, including The Mamas & The Papas in 1968 with Cass Elliot on lead vocals (see here)
Ella Fitzgerald recorded it in the fifties and also in one of her duets with Louis Armstrong (see here)