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Volterra ’ s Song Verses from a Tuscan Town
Past the clover fields and farmers ’ orchards , Past Eden ’ s garden , engraved stone faces tortured , There is a little town near Jesus ’ s vineyard Where moss clings through the snow , The town of orphan artisans Nightly dining in candlelight glow .
The orphans learned at a young age The man who chases two dreams gets none , So they lay , satisfied in their wanderings , Celebrating the voyaging moon and sapphire sun .
A warrior long ago from the trenches , Jesus had won the Italian medallion — At heart a restless globetrotter Trekking with the Alpine battalion .
He climbs up the vines to his roof To see the artisans working , Memories meandering with him : A young man merrily toils on a cold Valentine ’ s Day .
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