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Lettera D'amore - Love Letter

by Tomás Ó Cárthaigh

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Lettera D'amore - Love Letter

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Monday 9th January 2012 1:10 am

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I Was the Reluctant Lover

by Tomás Ó Cárthaigh

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I was the reluctant lover
She was a Goddess divine
I was not as brave as a man should be
And so her heart was never mine

Oh, am I the fool of legend
Am I the only one
Who loved and lost as I never tossed
My hat in the ring till the girl was gone?

And as I look at the picture
Her face...

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