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from "Falstaff"
English version by Giuseppe Verdi
W. Beatty Kingston (1813- 1901)

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set- to L' o - nor tuo, latua ca- "a ed il tuo let

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lur- co, La mia bot-

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cop-pio! Io scop-pio!
flay him! Then slay him!

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