Rusty Strings Collective

11 – Bella Ciao (Group Acapella)
Recorded by: Ryan Williams
From the Album: Year of the Skype

Lyrics and notes

This is the Chumbawumba version of the song. There have been many many different versions and most of them are awesome. Listen to all of them. I believe this was originally written in Italian. The original lyrics were slightly different and were changed in Chumbawumba's version.

Bella Ciao:

The world is waking
outside my window
oh Bella Ciao, Bella Ciao, Bella Ciao! Ciao! Ciao!
It drags my senses
into the sunlight
for there are things that I must do.

So wish me luck now
I have to leave you
oh Bella Ciao, Bella Ciao, Bella Ciao! Ciao! Ciao!
With my friends now
off to the city
we're gonna shake the gates of hell.

And I will tell them
yes we will tell them
oh Bella Ciao, Bella Ciao, Bella Ciao! Ciao! Ciao!
That our sunlight
is not for franchise
and may the bastards drop down dead!

Next time you see me
I may be smiling
oh Bella Ciao, Bella Ciao, Bella Ciao! Ciao! Ciao!
I'll be in prison
or on the T.V.
I'll say the sunlight dragged me here.