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Finally, after many fatigues, we have arrived in Grand Cairo; so much the better. The city is large, I will easily be able to find a position, for I am obliged to change, since my poor master has the devil in his purse.
SCENE II.
OSMIN, A CALENDER, holding a small bell & a money box.
THE CALENDER.
Illah! illah! ah!
OSMIN.
What kind of man is that?
THE CALENDER greets Osmin comically & sings while accompanying himself on an instrument.
Castagno, castagna,
Pista-fanache.
Rimagno, rimagna,
Mousti-limache.
Quic, billic, loulougagne
Mexachefa, ronquillo,
Firlipi mirlimaque,
Selimanca, verquillo,
Lerolo,
Lerala, lerala, lerolo.
(while saying lerolo he begins to spin)
OSMIN.
Lerolo, lerolo.
OSMIN, imitating the pirouettes & the lerolo of the Calender, which lasts too long, falls quite dizzy & says while getting up: May the Devil take you and your lerolo.
THE CALENDER.
Castagno, castagna,
Pista-fanache.
Rimagno, rimagna,
Mousti-limache.
Quic, billic, loulougagne,
Mexachefa, ronquillo,
Firlipi mirlimaque,
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