DT, I was puzzled by the same thing for exactly the same reasons. So, I posted a thread on that subject a while back:

http://www.gangsterbb.net/threads/ubbthr...=true#Post36402

Ntra la porta tua lu sangu � sparsu,
E nun me mporta si ce muoru accisu...
E s'iddu muoru e vaju mparadisu
Si nun ce truovo a ttia, mancu ce trasu.