It makes more sense if you hear Chicollini say it.
So, I have a recital in two weeks of a part from Faust.
This is a youtube video of some pompous ass singing it. Ignore the fact he looks like one of the guys from the State. I hope it gets recorded, so I know if I suck. My teacher, classically-trained pianist and lover of all sorts of music, wants me to do "In Old Mexico" by Tom Lehrer as well. Which is really no more strange than the recital where I did "Singing In The Rain."
And to think, I went to her asking if I could learn to sing like Danzig without the mouthful of marbles.