[00:00.00]Oh Sweet Were The Hours (2008 - Remaster) - Franco Battiato
[00:11.15]Oh sweet were the hours when in mirth's frolic throng
[00:22.41]I led up the revels with dance and with song
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[00:33.73]When brisk from the fountain and bright as the day
[00:45.24]My spirits overflow and ran sparkling away
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[01:11.83]Return ye sweet hours once again let me see
[01:23.01]Your airily light forms of enchantment and glee
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[01:34.42]Come give an old friend while he crowns his gay glass
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[01:46.06]A nod as you part and a smile as you pass
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[02:07.78]Wine come bring me wine to cheer me
[02:12.46]Friend of my heart come pledge me high
[02:18.42]Wine till the dreams of youth again are near me
[02:23.79]Why must they leave me tell me why
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[02:36.95]I cannot forget you I would not resign
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[02:48.30]There's health in my pulse and a spell in my wine
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[02:59.62]And sunshine in autumn tho' passing too soon
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[03:11.09]Is sweeter and dearer than sunshine in June