Oh I think I can hear

It a-rolling in my ear,

As it went with the One, Two, Three.

This being cheered, I said, “Some time ago

I made a song in the Italian tongue

About a witch and pirate—which for you

Shall, if you like, be now in English sung.”

“No, give it first,” cried Saltonstall, “by jingo!

In its own nateral, Eyetalian lingo;

What I don’t know of it ain’t worth a cent;