Among the holy followers of Saint Mark,
And that the aim of his ambition was
Alzare i mantici quando suonava
gli organi—that’s to say:
“To lift the bellows when the organ played.”
And as he was a stout and lusty knave
Who might be useful in a hundred ways,
They gladly took him on, so there he stayed
Blowing the bellows faithfully in time.
I ween there is not in all Italy