Addormentarmi così

{{Short description|Italian song}}

"Addormentarmi così" is a 1948 song written by the Italian lyricist Ornella Ferrari, to music by {{Interlanguage link multi|Vittorio Mascheroni|it}} for the singer {{Interlanguage link multi|Lidia Martorana|it}} with an arrangement of Pippo Barzizza.{{cite book|last=Dario Salvatori|title=Dizionario delle canzoni italiane|publisher=Elle U, 2001|isbn=8888169016|chapter=Addormentarmi così|year=2001}} The lyrics begin: «Addormentarmi così/ fra le tue braccia/ mentre tu mi baci /mi baci sempre più...».Gigi Speroni. L'attentato a Togliatti: i giorni della paura. Mursia, 1998. p. 145. {{ISBN|8842523607}}.

The song is considered an Italian classic and was covered by dozens of artists, including Adriano Celentano, Teddy Reno, Gigliola Cinquetti, Luciano Tajoli, Betty Curtis, Flo Sandon's, Lara Saint Paul. It was introduced to an American audience by Frankie Laine in 1958 in his first album with Michel Legrand, A Foreign Affair.