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POPULAR SONG OF TUSCANY: 3 by ANONYMOUS

First Line: PASSING ACROSS THE BILLOWY SEA
Last Line: THEY SAID THAT I HAD GIVEN IT THEE
Subject(s): SAILING & SAILORS;

"Passing across the billowy sea,
I let, alas, my poor heart fall;
I bade the sailors bring it me;
They said they had not seen it fall.

I asked the sailors, one and two;
They said that I had given it you.
I asked the sailors, two and three;
They said that I had given it thee."



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