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Eduardo Migliaccio (1880–1946), whose stage persona of Farfariello entertained countless numbers of Italian immigrants in the United States for over forty years, was born in Cava dei Tirreni (near Naples, Italy). After immigrating to the USA in 1898, he made his professional debut at the Villa Giulia café located at 198 Grand Street in the heart of New York City’s Little Italy. Among the many humourous songs that he sang was “Farfariello” (“little butterfly”), from which he took his stage name. Farfariello’s repertoire of songs and skits, or macchietta coloniale, was a gentle satire of the many characters who like him had immigrated to the United States. Farfariello wrote his scripts and many of his songs, and his sister provided all of his costumes.