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I seem to remember the next line going something like 'couldn't get out from Monday to Saturday' but I'm afraid that's as far as my memory stretches... Julia Bacon # I hesitate to spoil the effect, but in the early 1960s in England my mother # would sing a parody of this (indeed very lovely) song that began "Oh dear, # what can the matter be? Three old ladies locked in the lavatory!" (The # local pronunciation "lavatree" helps to squeeze all the syllables in :-) # ) # # Steven Botterill # # Associate Professor of Italian Literature & Romance Philology # Chair, Department of Italian Studies # # 6303 Dwinelle Hall #2620 # University of California # Berkeley, CA 94720-2620 # (510) 642-6246/642-9884 (FAX) # # %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%