Bella Ciao Erin Saoirse Adair cover "Bella Ciao" is an italian partisan song from WWII sung by the anti-fascist resistance. The author of the lyrics is unknown, but the music is based on a folk song sung by sung by rice-weeders. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bella_ciao I am singing the Chumbawumba lyrics. If anybody has a better translation, please let me know!