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For your information and edification:
Here are Chaplin's lyrics to Titina as close as I can work them out. The first three verses are based on David Robinson's transliterations, as corrected by me. The rest are my own.
The last verse has to do with the girl trying to pawn the ring she had been given by the 'Rakish Spagoletto' and finding out it's phoney.
Titina (Je Cherche apres Titine) Music by Daniderff. Nonsense lyrics by Chaplin
Se Bella ciu satore, je notre so cafore Je notre si cavore, je la tu, la ti, la tua
La spinash o la busho, cigaretto porta bello Ce rakish spagaletto, si la tu, la ti, la tua
Senora Pilasina, voulez vous le taximeter, Le zionta sous la sita, tu la tu, la tu, la wa
Se muntya si la moora, la sontya so gravora La zontya (kiss) comme sora, (slap) Je la poose a ti la tua
Je notre so la mina, je notre so cosina je le se tro savita, je la tuss a vi la tua
Se motra so la sonta, chi vossa la travonta Les zosha si katonta, (kiss) tra la la la, la la la
Les de, le ce, pawnbroka, Lee de ce peu how mucha Lee ze contess e kroke, punka wa la, punka wa
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