Largo al factotum [English translation]

Make way for the city factotum

Going straight to the shop as the day has already dawned

Ah, what a wonderful life, what a lovely pleasure

for a barber of quality! Quality!

Ah, well done Figaro!

Well done, really well done!

Very lucky to tell you the truth!

Ready to do everything,

day and night

he's always going here and there.

A barber who has more fun,

a more noble life, no, doesn't exist

Razors and combs

lancets and scissors,

at my command

I've got everything here

Here are the tools,

then, of the trade

with the little lady... with the knight...

Everybody asks for me, everybody wants me,

ladies, boys, the elderly, maidens:

Here a wig... there a shave...

Here a leech...

There a ticket....

Here a wig, there a shave,

Then the ticket, ehi!

Figaro! Figaro! Figaro! etc.

Oh my, what a racket!

Oh my, what a crowd!

One at a time, please!

Oi, Figaro! I'm here.

Figaro here, Figaro there,

Figaro upstairs, Figaro downstairs,

Ready in a flash

I'm the factotum of the city.

Ah, well done Figaro! Well done, very well done:

You certainly don't lack luck.

• Artist:Gioachino Rossini
• Album:Il barbiere di Siviglia