Lou Monte - Pepino The Italian Mouse
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There's probably not such much 'negro' in there as the North Africans that invaded them were a medley of Arabs, African and some other Mediterranean. And the Berbers, of course
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@multisantana79 : You're right. Also, Sicilians are probably one of the most diverse ethnic groups in the world with a gene pool that boggles the mind. There's the italian and greek genes that are the staple, but you find features that range from Arab, Semitic and North African to even somewhat Nordic. Of course, as Mario Puzo once wrote, telling a Sicilian that he has Jewish blood was liable to get you a knife between the ribs.
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my dad used to play this for me and my brother in the car. Memories
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@multisantana79 The Stupid Hollywood Movies depict the lowest of the low of everyone, maybe with the exception of one group's low-level people--of which all peoples have them--Those who MAKE those Hollywood Stereotype movies, won't characterize themselves that way.
The Italian is not a Latin Redneck. He's not a racist or a bigot. Of course the Italian does not respect Sloth. So that is why he respects Jews, but may not respect anyone who is on welfare, unless they truly need it.He loves USA.
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@poitrenaud This is true as when you ask a Sicilian straightup what his composition is & he'll probably offer that he's part negro (from ancient invasions. I remember my friend Ray Ray from Boston being quite open about that even though you can't tell by lookin unless you were to ascribe the curly hair or fatter lips or some other physical aspect. Its hard to even place a lot of Italians in a race by lookin and I don't get much hangup about race from any I know now or in the past
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Takes me back to the 70's,hHearing the Italian hours on WBAB on Long Island every Sunday morning.
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My wife's cousin wrote the words to this song for LOU, his name was RAY ALLEN.
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You're right!!
BTW you write "moulagnan" but it's neapolitan dialect and correctly it's "mulignana".:-)
pepino!
lou monte - one of the greatest italian singers ever!
led0zeppelin1977 2 years ago 6
I remember dancing to this song on the record player with my sisters and cousins when I was little in the 70's. Great memories.
nataliefrompittsburg 2 years ago 4