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Marco didn't really like it,
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that his mother was no longer there,
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that beyond the sea she had gone away,
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he suffered greatly from melancholy!

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And then Marco one day embarked,
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the ocean passed the steamer,
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and left the Apennines behind,
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alone then the mother tried!

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The Andes are big but,
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love is greater you know,
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the trust monkey then,
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the night will warm him!
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And Marco, Marco goes, goes, goes,
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and you don't want to give up!
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And Marco, Marco goes, goes, goes,
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certainly not afraid!

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With his bundle on his shoulder, he turns and goes,
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the patches on his trousers he put down,
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but inside the heart a certainty has,
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that a man will find her again!

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And Marco tries and never gets tired,
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passing relentlessly through trouble,
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he thinks about when he will embrace her again,
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and then mother will be at home!


   FA
The Andes are big but,
   DO
love is greater you know,
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the trust monkey then,
    SOL
the night will warm him!
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And Marco, Marco goes, goes, goes,
                 DO
and you don't want to give up!
               SOL7
And Marco, Marco goes, goes, goes,
                DO
certainly not afraid!