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Ping Tung

(4,003 posts) Sat Nov 8, 2025, 12:18 AM Saturday

A stirring Italian feminist/socialist song in the early 1900s.

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A stirring Italian feminist/socialist song in the early 1900s. (Original Post) Ping Tung Saturday OP

I give it a 10 for harmonies dweller Saturday #1

i accidentally stumbled on it while on Youtube looking for something else. Ping Tung Saturday #2

Originally, Bella Ciao was a protest song of the mondine (female workers in the rice fields of Italy's Po Valley). pat_k Saturday #3

Thank you! I looked but didn't find other versions. Ping Tung Saturday #4

Looks more like the 1940s, rather than the early 1900s. MineralMan Saturday #5

Could be early 40s. But they'd ave to be in hiding or refugees by that them. Ping Tung Saturday #7

Kicking for the swing shift. Ping Tung Saturday #6

dweller

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1. I give it a 10 for harmonies

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Sat Nov 8, 2025, 12:24 AM

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And a 100 for kickass abilities !

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Ping Tung

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2. i accidentally stumbled on it while on Youtube looking for something else.

Reply to dweller (Reply #1)

Sat Nov 8, 2025, 12:36 AM

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I just found it to be stirring like the songs we shouted at demonstrations in the 60s.

"There is no sadder thing than a young pessimist‚ except an old optimist."

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pat_k

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3. Originally, Bella Ciao was a protest song of the mondine (female workers in the rice fields of Italy's Po Valley).

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Sat Nov 8, 2025, 03:49 AM

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Before it evolved into an anti-fascist anthem, Bella Ciao was “Alla mattina appena alzata” -- composed in the latter half of the 19th century and sung by seasonal workers in the rice paddy fields, especially in Italy’s Po Valley. The song reflects the hardships of the mondina women, the paddy field workers, in the late 19th century, who sang it as a protest against harsh working conditions.