Marineo (Palermo), Sicily – A Sicilian Love Song | Johnny Punish (Official Video)

Описание: Marineo Marineo | I dedicate this LOVE LETTER song to my ancestral home, Marineo, Sicily. In 1887, my great-great-grandfather Alfonso Bivona and my great-great-grandmother Maria Concetta Calderone left Marineo for New York City USA - with their young son, my great-grandfather Carmelo Bivona.

Years later, in New York City, “Big Al” was born in 1917. His son Charles—my father—was born in Brooklyn New York City 1941. And I was born in The Bronx 1963.

In 2021, I returned to Marineo—the first Bivona born in America to make the journey back. There, I met my cousins and extended family, and for the first time, I felt truly home. With this emotion, I wrote and sang this song.

A special thank you to Silvana Bivona in Marineo for welcoming me with open arms and sharing all that had been missed over the 130 years since Alfonso, Maria, and Carmelo left on that fateful day. This song is for our home—Marineo.

THANK YOU: Special thanks to "Virgilio Ferrara" in Marineo for using drone footage to help us celebrate Marineo! Check out his amazing videos here on his photography channel. Subscribe and support his work.    / @virgilioferrara  

READ THE FULL STORY of Our Bivona Family in Marineo Sicily: Who Was The First Bivona? https://punishstudios.com/2025/09/fir...

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ENGLISH TRANSLATION from the original Sicilianu, the local language
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Marineo, Marineo
song of love and of sky
Marineo, Marineo
forever I will sing to you
Marineo
oh Marineo

Among the mountains of Sicily
where the sun goes to rest
there is a village of ancient stone
that time cannot change
From the 1500s it calls to us
voices of blood and sea
every stone speaks a name
that never stops being loved

Marineo, Marineo
song of love and of sky
Marineo, Marineo
I will carry you in my heart
From the white houses to the wind
every step is a vow
Marineo, Marineo
forever I will sing to you

Alfonso and Maria Concetta
with the young boy Carmelo
took the road to America
but carried your sky with them
And the names that repeat themselves
Alfonso, Carmelo again
tell the soul of a people
that honors eternal love

Marineo, Marineo
song of love and of sky
Marineo, Marineo
I will carry you in my heart
From the white houses to the wind
every step is a vow
Marineo, Marineo
forever I will sing to you

I crossed the ocean to find you
Where my roots forever grow
Cousins opened their doors so wide
And the mountain winds still blow
Your bells your laughter your stories
They welcomed me home again
Marineo my forever
You’re the song that will never end

Marineo, Marineo
song of love and of sky
Marineo, Marineo
I will carry you in my heart
From the white houses to the wind
every step is a vow
Marineo, Marineo
forever I will sing to you

Marineo
Marineo
Marineo

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ORIGINAL LYRICS in the local language of Sicilianu
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Marineo Marineo
cantu d’amuri e di celu
Marineo Marineo
pi sempri ti canterò
Marineo
Oh Marineo

Tra li munti di Sicilia
unni u suli va a ripusari
c’è un paisi di petra antica
ca u tempu nun pò cangiari
Dâ cinquecentu nni chiama
vuci di sangu e di mari
ogni petra conta un nomi
ca nun finisci d’ammari

Marineo Marineo
cantu d’amuri e di celu
Marineo Marineo
‘nta cori ti purtarò
Di li casi biancu a lu ventu
ogni passu è giuramentu
Marineo Marineo
pi sempri ti canterò

Alfonso e Maria Concetta
cu lu picciottu Carmelo
pigghiaru la strata d’America
ma purtaru lu to celu
E li nomi ca si ripètenu
Alfonso Carmelo ancora
cunta l’anima d’un pòpulu
ca l’eternu amuri onora

Marineo Marineo
cantu d’amuri e di celu
Marineo Marineo
‘nta cori ti purtarò
Di li casi biancu a lu ventu
ogni passu è giuramentu
Marineo Marineo
pi sempri ti canterò

I crossed the ocean to find you
Where my roots forever grow
Cousins opened their doors so wide
And the mountain winds still blow
Your bells your laughter your stories
They welcomed me home again
Marineo my forever
You’re the song that will never end

Marineo Marineo
cantu d’amuri e di celu
Marineo Marineo
‘nta cori ti purtarò
Di li casi biancu a lu ventu
ogni passu è giuramentu
Marineo Marineo
pi sempri ti canterò

Marineo Oh
Marineo Oh
Marineo Ohhhhhh

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Scrittu di Charles "Carmelo" Bivona Jr. (Johnny Punish)
Pruduttu di Punish Studios (Mèssicu)
Migliuratu cu l’AI

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