VLVL2 (5): "blue painted blue"

Tue Sep 9 22:16:51 CDT 2003

" . . . except that she would only shift away those eyes of blue painted blue, as the Italian oldie goes, shift them away to sea . . ." (p. 59)

Anyone know what this is alluding to?  Who/what is this "Italian oldie"?

Tim
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