# Wedding singing in "The Godfather"

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**Created:** [August 18, 2002, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wedding-singing-in-the-godfather/124432 "2002-08-18T03:35:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![Marine\_One](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/marine_one/32/3461_2.png) [@Marine\_One](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marine_One)\
**Post date:** [August 18, 2002, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wedding-singing-in-the-godfather/124432/1 "2002-08-18T03:35:50Z")

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In **“The Godfather”** , what is the translation of the singing in the wedding at the start?  
First, Vito Corleone’s wife sings something. Then an older man sings. Of course, it’s in Italian.😕  
Just wondering.

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**Author:** ![thinksnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thinksnow/32/2849_2.png) [@thinksnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thinksnow)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2002, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wedding-singing-in-the-godfather/124432/2 "2002-08-19T00:32:01Z")

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I’m not positive, but isn’t the tradition for Italian wedding songs for people that knew the bride/groom to sing bits and pieces about them. If that’s the case, it could be anything, and it would be meaningless to anyone but the wedding party. They usually border on baudy, if not being outright preverse (in good fun, of course.)

Or I could be completely wrong.

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**Author:** ![WV\_Woman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e95f7d/32.png) [@WV\_Woman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WV_Woman)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2002, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wedding-singing-in-the-godfather/124432/3 "2002-08-19T03:14:28Z")

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I know I know!!! The name of the song is Lazy Mary. I have it on CD.

Lazy Mary, you’d better get up, she answers back I am not able.

Lazy Mary, you’d better get up, we need the sheets for the table."

Lazy Mary you smoke in bed, there’s only one man you should marry

My advice to you would be is to pay attention to me.

You’d better marry a fireman, he’ll come and go, go and come

(Then it lapses into Italian)

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**Author:** ![WV\_Woman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e95f7d/32.png) [@WV\_Woman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WV_Woman)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2002, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wedding-singing-in-the-godfather/124432/4 "2002-08-19T03:22:36Z")

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Here is the full enchilada on this song:

[http://www.bobshannon.com/stories/lazymary.html](http://www.bobshannon.com/stories/lazymary.html)

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**Author:** ![5\_time\_champ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/5/278dde/32.png) [@5\_time\_champ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/5_time_champ)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2002, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wedding-singing-in-the-godfather/124432/5 "2002-08-19T03:52:17Z")

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Here are a couple links from thegodfathertrilogy.net

[Luna Mezz’a Mare](http://www.jgeoff.com/godfather.html)

[Lyrics in Italian & English](http://www.jgeoff.com/godfather.html)

Click on **Godfather I**  
Click on **More**  
Click on **Italian & English lyrics to: Che La Luna**

The message board there is interesting, although not nearly as interesting as SDMB.

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**Author:** ![Marine\_One](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/marine_one/32/3461_2.png) [@Marine\_One](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marine_One)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2002, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wedding-singing-in-the-godfather/124432/6 "2002-08-19T16:30:11Z")

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Thanks everyone!😃

Now I can sing along the next time I watch the movie.