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Son bella pastorella, che scende ogni mattino ed offre un cestellino di fresche frutta e fior. Chi viene al primo albore avrà vezzose rose E poma rugiadose, venite al moi gairdin, ahu, ahu... Chi del notturno orrore Smari la buona via, alla capanna mia ritrovera il cammin. Venite o passagiero, La pastorella è qua, Ma il fior del suo pensiero Ad uno solo darà! Ahu, ahu...
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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I'm the pretty sheperdess Coming down every morning I offer a little basket With fresh fruit and flowers. Whoever comes at dawn Will have some pretty roses And dew sprinkled apples Come all to my garden Ahu, ahu ... Whoever in night's frightness Looses his way At my little hut Will find his path again. Come, o traveller The sheperdess is here But her tenderest thoughts Adress to one alone! Ahu, ahu...
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 18
Word count: 72
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