Oh! the long evenings of duets and trios!
The admirations and the speculations;
The “Mamma Mia’s!” and the “Amor Mio’s!”
The “Tanti palpiti’s” on such occasions:
The “Lasciami’s,” and quavering “Addio’s,”
Amongst our own most musical of nations!
With “Tu mi chamas’s” from Portingale,
To soothe our ears, lest Italy should fail.