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"Mar-ga-rì, / e perzo a Salvatore! / Mar-ga-rì, / Ma l'ommo è cacciatore! / Mar-ga-rì, / Nun ce aje corpa tu! / Chello ch' è fatto, è fatto, un ne parlammo cchieù! "
A piano-organ was pouring the metallic music through our open windows, while a voice of brass brayed the words, which I have since obtained, and print above for identification by such as know their Italy better than I. They will not thank me for reminding them of a tune so lately epidemic in that land of aloes and blue skies; but at least it is unlikely to run in their heads as the ribald accompaniment to a tragedy; and it does in mine.