all i have are my hands...
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orphaned at seventeen
one sister brothers five
he went to war for four years
for the partisan rebel side
there was a girl he loved
asked her father for her hand
this gypsy boy war veteran
was warmed to by the old man
a tá figgia a voggue propria beni
nun pozzu uffrirí tantu
nun cáiu nè terra nè sordhi
tuttu chiddú chí caiú sunu chistí manu
twenty one years old
the eldest sisters two
rocker motor mechanic
hardworking and true
there was a girl he loved
asked her father for her hand
this grease monkey san marchese
was warmed to by the old man
i truly love your daughter
but I don't have money or land
i don't have much to offer
all I have are my hands
- Michelle Napolitano 2004
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