Original Usenet thread from alt.ascii-art, started 11 Nov 1993.
Torna a Sorrento
alt.ascii-art
· 1 message · 11 Nov 1993
My ascii translation of the song "Torna a Sorrento" (Come back to Sorrento)
by Ernesto de Curtis.
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/\
/\ / \ /\
. / \ /\ / \ / \ ^^
/ \ / \ /\ / \ / \
\ / \_/ \ / \/ \/ \ ^^ ,-_
\ / / \ \ \ ' `
\ / o o/ \ \------------_~~_~-~------------
o/ o \ - _ - _ - _ - _ - _ - _ - _ - _
/ o \ There's - _ - _ - _ - _ _ - _
/ O o \ a sun-set in - - _ - _ - _ - _
@ @ @ Sor-ren-to Deep-er than the - - - _ - - _ - -
@ @ red-dest wine, And the sea is - _ - - - - _ _ -
@ filled with dia-monds As the stars - - - _ _ _ _ _
begin to shine, Oh my love how I a-dore - _ - _ - _ _ - _ _
you, As we stroll a-long the shore, You a-lone -
a-rouse a pas-sion I have nev-er known be-fore, - - _
Yet you say that you must leave me, End-ing all the -
love we knew, Can't you see how you _ _ -
torment me, All my life be-longs to _
0 you; Oh my dear-est love if _ _
&| o we must say "goodbye", _
|\ (&\ Come back to Sor - ren - to, -
/| or I will die...........
---------------------------------------achille (eil...@drizzle.stanford.edu)
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