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with the baby to swaddle') was turned into "giocava a far la donna con il bimbo da fasciare" ("played at being a woman with a baby to swaddle"), while "e ancora adesso che gioco a carte e bevo vino, per la gente del porto mi chiamo Gesù Bambino" ('and even now that I play cards and drink wine, to the
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people of the port I am known as the Baby Jesus') originally was "e anche adesso che bestemmio e bevo vino, per ladri e puttane sono Gesù Bambino" ('and even now that I swear and drink wine, thieves and whores call me Baby Jesus').
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