Cogli la prima mela ("Pick the first apple") is an album by Italian singer-songwriter
Angelo Branduardi. It was released in 1979 by
Polydor.
The title track is a re-imagining of a medieval Hungarian melody, entitled "U našeho Bárty" ("At our Bárty's"). Also the music of "Donna ti voglio cantare" ("Woman, I want to sing about you") is based on a medieval melody by
Pierre Attaingnant, entitled "Tourdion", which Branduardi himself recorded for his later album Futuro antico II.
The lyrics to "La raccolta" ("The harvest") are taken from a poem by
Sappho, while the music is from the Romanian folk ballad "M-am suit în dealul Clujului" ("I climbed the hill of Cluj"). Finally, the song "Ninna nanna" ("Lullaby") is the Italian version of "
Mary Hamilton", an English traditional song also recorded by
Joan Baez.
