The words to an obscene Sicilian love song. As he sang, Nino made suggestive

Motions with his body. The bride blushed proudly, the throng of guests roared its

Approval. Before the song ended they were all stamping with their feet and

Roaring out the sly, double-meaning tag line that finished each stanza. At the end

They would not stop applauding until Johnny cleared his throat to sing another

Song.

They were all proud of him. He was of them and he had become a famous

Singer, a movie star who slept with the most desired women in the world. And yet

He had shown proper respect for his Godfather by traveling three thousand miles

To attend this wedding. He still loved old friends like Nino Valenti. Many of the

People there had seen Johnny and Nino singing together when they were just

Boys, when no one dreamed that Johnny Fontane would grow up to hold the

Hearts of fifty million women in his hands.

Johnny Fontane reached down and lifted the bride up on to the bandstand so

That Connie stood between him and Nino. Both men crouched down, facing each

Other, Nino plucking the mandolin for a few harsh chords. It was an old routine of

Theirs, a mock battle and wooing, using their voices like swords, each shouting a

chorus in turn. With the most delicate courtesy, Johnny let Nino's voice

Overwhelm his own, let Nino take the bride from his arm, let Nino swing into the