Mia Carlotta

By:

Thomas Augustine Daly

GIUSEPPE, da barber, ees greata for "mash,"  
He gotta da bigga, da blacka mustache,  
Good clo'es an' good styla an' playnta good cash.  
 
W'enevra Giuseppe ees walk on da street,  
Da peopla dey talka, "how nobby! how neat!          
How softa da handa, how smalla da feet."  
 
He raisa hees hat an' he shaka hees curls,  
An' smila weeth teetha so shiny like pearls;  
O! many da heart of da seelly young girls  
               He gotta.  
       Yes, playnta he gotta—  
               But notta  
               Carlotta!  
 
Giuseppe, da barber, he maka da eye,  
An' lika da steam engine puffa an' sigh,  
For catcha Carlotta w'en she ees go by.  
 
Carlotta she walka weeth nose in da air,  
An' look through Giuseppe weeth far-away stare,  
As eef she no see dere ees som'body dere.  
 
Giuseppe, da barber, he gotta da cash,  
He gotta da clo'es an' da bigga mustache,  
He gotta da seely young girls for da "mash,"  
               But notta—  
       You bat my life, notta—  
               Carlotta.  
               I gotta!

PARAPHRASE

MIA CARLOTTA (Carlotta who is beautiful)

GIUSEPPE, da barber, ees greata for "mash,"

Giusseppe is a barber who is a great man
He gotta da bigga, da blacka mustache,

He is with a big and black mustache
Good clo'es an' good styla an' playnta good cash.

With good clothes, style and much money

W'enevra Giuseppe ees walk on da street,

Whenever he walk on the street,
Da peopla dey talka, "how nobby! how neat!

People all said “how wonderfull!!!! How neat!!”
How softa da handa, how smalla da feet."

“how soft the hand, how small the feet”

He raisa hees hat an' he shaka hees curls,

He raise his hat while shaking his curls
An' smila weeth teetha so shiny like pearls;

Smile with  shiny teeth like pearls
O! many da heart of da seelly young girls

He take a silly young girls’ heart off
He gotta.

All them he got

Yes, playnta he gotta

Yes, all of them he got

But notta

But, not
Carlotta!

Carlotta

Giuseppe, da barber, he maka da eye,

Giusseppe is really shock seeing that (because Carlotta is not appreciated with his style)
An' lika da steam engine puffa an' sigh,

He tries to get Carlotta’s heart
For catcha Carlotta w'en she ees go by.

He try to catch on Carlotta when she is gone

Carlotta she walka weeth nose in da air,

Carlotta is glance-sight a way
An' look through Giuseppe weeth far-away stare,

While looking Geuseppe with far-away

As eef she no see dere ees som'body dere.

Until she get of no somebody there
 
Giuseppe, da barber, he gotta da cash,

Giuseppe as a barber, he has much money
He gotta da clo'es an' da bigga mustache,

He has clothes and a big mustache (good-looking man)
He gotta da seely young girls for da "mash,"

He got a silly young girl for his masculinity
But notta—

But, not_

You bat my life, notta—

-----------------, not
Carlotta.

Carlotta

I gotta!

I got

MISSAGES on MIA CARLOTTA POEM

The poetry tells us about a common condition that sometimes happens in our daily life. It is a simple poetry but it shows different case than other poetry, I mean it tells us contradictory character between Carlotta and Giuseppe. When Giuseppe is a perfect boy for many silly young girls that makes them fallen in love but not Carlotta. I think T. A Daly wants to give message for us that however perfect we are, but it doesn't guarantee that whatever we can get. Giuseppe is a famous man in his circle because he looks like a perfect man either in his performance or his wealth; he can be called as funky and expected man by many young girls. Giuseppe tried hard to get Carlotta by many ways but it has no effect for Carlotta. However Giuseppe is doesn't make Carlotta fell in love because Carlotta didn't see someone from the performance or wealth.