ANEMA E CORE (WITH ALL MY HEART AND SOUL)
From the Broadway revue "John Murray Anderson's Almanac" (1953)
(Salvatore d'Esposito / Manny Curtis / Harry Akst)
Eddie Fisher - 1954
Perry Como - 1966
My life I'd give for you, anema e core
I only live for you, anema e core
I have but one desire and it's to love you
With all my heart, with all my soul, my whole life through
From stars I'll make your crown and kneel before you
I pray you'll take my hand, for I adore you
Open up the doors leading to heaven
A heaven mine and yours, anema e core
My life I'd give for you, anema e core
I only live for you, anema e core
I have but one desire and it's to love you
With all my heart, with all my soul, my whole life through
In ev'ry dream I stand breathless before you
I pray you'll take my hand, for I adore you
Open up the doors leading to heaven
A heaven mine and yours, anema e core
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As recorded by Perry Como:
I've got a yearning to caress you
One thought keeps burning in my soul
A hungry yearning to possess you
It's far beyond control
I want your love for now, forever
I want you heart and soul
My life, I'd give to you, anema e core
I only live for you, anema e core
I have but one desire
And it's to love you
With all my heart, with all my soul
My whole life through
From stars I'll make your crown
And kneel before you
I pray you'll take my hand
For I adore you
Open up the doors leading to heaven
A heaven mine and yours, anema e core
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Original Italian Version:
ANEMA E CORE
From the film "Anema E Core" (1951)
(Salve d'Esposito / Tito Manilo)
Ferruccio Tagliavini (Film Soundtrack) - 1951
Nuje ca perdimmo 'a pace e 'o suonno
Nun ce dicimmo maje pecché
Vocche ca vase nun ne vonno
Nun só' sti vvocche oje né
Pure, te chiammo e nun rispunne
Pe' fá dispietto a me
Tenímmoce accussí, ánema e core
Nun ce lassammo cchiù, manco pe' n'ora
Stu desiderio 'e te mme fa paura
Campá cu te, sempe cu te, pe' nun murí
Che ce dicimmo a fá parole amare
Si 'o bbene po' campá cu nu respiro
Si smanie pure tu pe' chist'ammore
Tenímmoce accussí, ánema e core
Forse sarrá ca 'o chianto è doce
Forse sarrá ca bene fa
Quanno mme sento cchiù felice
Nun è felicitá
Specie si ê vvote tu mme dice
Distratta, 'a veritá
Tenímmoce accussí, ánema e core
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