Zecchino D'Oro (Venetian gold coin) is an international children's song festival that has taken place every year since 1959. It is broadcast by Rai 1. The winners of the Zecchino d'Oro are the writers and composers of the songs, not the children who interpret them. Here are performances of these now famous and beloved children's songs.
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Beginner
Italy
This is a very popular song among Italian kids. It extols the virtues of a good plate of tagliatelle [fettucini] with meat sauce.
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Beginner
Italy
A children's song about not keeping one's word in a deal. The deal involves house cats and more exotic animals.
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Beginner
Italy
A little girl gets her wish—a stork brings a baby brother.
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Beginner
Italy
Beppone (a nickname which might be translated as Big Joe) has a large nose, and while he's blissfully napping in a garden, it serves as a dance floor for some gnats.
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Beginner
Italy
An inspirational song about how things are created in small increments.
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Beginner
Italy
A song about cats that helps Italian school children remember that 6 x 7 = 42.
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Beginner
Italy
This song about the sounds animals make was a prize winner at the Zecchino d'Oro, a festival featuring children's songs. When it comes to crocodiles, there are things known about them, but not how they go.
Difficulty:
Beginner
Italy
Italians have a reputation for stressing out about catching a cold or a chill. Thus parents will oblige their kids to wear an undershirt when they go out, like it or not.
Difficulty:
Beginner
Italy
In this song, a child is very proud of his father whose job it is, out of choice, to do all the housework. There's some great vocabulary for beginners.
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