Banane e Coca Cola
1970 · Not On Label · Italy
- Artist
- Franco Trincale
- Title
- Banane e Coca Cola
- Release
- Canzoni in piazza!
- Year
- 1970
- Label
- Not On Label
- Format
- LP · Album
- Language
- Italian
- Country
- Italy
- Genre
- Folk · Italian Folk Music
- Primary theme
- Peace, Protest & Anti-War
Annotation — European Songs
Banane e Coca Cola (Trincale, Franco) Italian. Anti-war. Napalm
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Lyrics
English: For every Coca-Cola you drink / You've paid America for a bullet / And if the marine's aim doesn't miss / A Vietnamese comrade is murdered / For every Chiquita banana you eat / More money for the Americans / More tons of napalm / To kill the children of Vietnam / Little man who reads the Corriere / Stick a finger down your throat to vomit up / The opium the bourgeoisie gives you / And come join the ranks of the proletarians / Against NATO and against the bosses / For equality and for freedom / Don't drink Coke anymore, don't eat bananas / And shout "Out with the American bases! __________ Italian: Per ogni Coca Cola che tu bevi / Un proiettile all'america hai pagato / E se il marine la mira non fallisce / Un compagno vietnamita assassinato / Per ogni banana Chiquita che tu mangi / Ancora soldi per gli americani / Ancora tonnellate di napalm / Per ammazzare i bimbi del Vietnam / Piccolo uomo che leggi il corriere / Metti un dito in bocca per vomitare / L'oppio che ti dà la borghesia / E vieni nelle file dei proletari / Contro la Nato e contro i padroni / Per l'eguaglianza e per la libertà / Non ber più Coca, non mangiar banane / E grida "Via le basi americane!
About the artist
Born 1935, Militello in Val di Catania, Sicilia, Italy. Currently Milano, Lombardia, Italy
Themes
Anti-War · Napalm · Anti-American · NATO
In collections
European Songs · Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years]