Funiculì, Funiculà

Music by	Luigi Denza
Lyrics by	Peppino Turco
Date	1880

"Funiculì, Funiculà" is a famous Italian song, originally composed for the funicular of Mount Vesuvius. The music has been used in many productions since then, including Muppet ones.

In episode 207 of Muppets Tonight, Gilbert Gottfried sings "the clean version" of the song while he and Kermit are stuck in his wet cement.

References

• The Placido Flamingo song, "The Telephone of Brazil" is sung to the tune.

• In a 2006 episode of Sesame Street, Big Bird, Elmo and Zoe sing about the letter H to the song's tune.

• The Singing Pizza Elmo toy uses the melody for Elmo's song about pizza.

• A band of accordion players also performed the song for Telly in a 1999 episode of Sesame Street.

• A portion of the music was incorporated in the last verse of "The Pasta Song."

• Abby Cadabby's song, "For Broccoli Hurray-Hurrah," is performed to this tune.

• In a season eight episode of Plaza Sésamo, Verduberto and La Abuela perform the song while preparing a sandwich. In a season 12 episode, Don Boni teaches Lola and Abelardo Montoya about opera as everyone on the plaza sings opera to this melody.