Music Monday's "Furrin Parts"

So much from which to choose! I'm going with Rome, because I fell in love with the city back in the early 1960s when I spent several weeks there.

Paragraph below is extracted from a 2007 post HERE

I spent some time in Rome, Italy in the early 1960s (photo on right). I used to wish frequently that I could turn back time; not all the way back to the days of the Roman Empire, but far enough to allow me to experience the Eternal City without so many tourists and so much traffic. A decade or so before my visits, only very wealthy travellers had access to Rome. I imagined with envy what it must have been like to wander the ancient sites and sights, free of horrendous traffic, noise and fumes. I used to frequent cobbled back streets, away from tourist areas. Occasionally I'd feel that I did catch a glimpse and a feel of how it used to be. I'm luckier than most, though. At least I saw the city before worse pollution and even heavier traffic took its toll.

I used to have a lovely EP (extended play) vinyl record containing 4 songs about Rome. I lost it, along with everything else, in our Great Fire of 1996. For the first time since then I've been able to find three of the four songs on YouTube. These versions are nice but not nearly as good as those on my record, that female singer's name is still buried in my memory banks, so far not recoverable. Below, the first two songs are sung by Lando Fiorini, the third by Mario Lanza.

The songs:

Quanta Sei Bella Roma. Translates as How Beautiful You are, Rome [in the evenings].
Full translation of lyrics





Vecchia Roma (Old/Ancient Rome)

A garbled not very useful translation (the song is, I think, regretting modern changes in the city's life).





Arriverderci Roma (Goodbye, Rome, until we meet again)
Translation of lyrics




Any contributions of more songs from "furrin parts" enjoyed by passing readers?