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UNITA ITALIA, by                    
First Line: "'twas rich, red wine that our fathers quaffed"
Last Line: "'to italy, / union, love and liberty!'"
Subject(s): Freedom;national Song - Italy;patriotism; Liberty;italian National Anthem


'Twas rich, red wine that our fathers quaffed
By the Arno's summer flood,
And long they drank and loud they laughed
Like us—and our swords drink blood
'Tis a glorious draught for it comes from out
The veins of a tyrant foe;
Then pass the mantling cup about
And let the red life flow.
The toast shall be
Among the free—
"Union, Love and Liberty!"

Our fathers fought in the ancient days
For their gold, or faith, or fame,
But their children have no need of bays
Till they wipe away their shame.
Our swords shall drink of the cup of life,
And the draught will be a flood
To bear from our land the wrecks of strife
And the footprints stained with blood.
The toast shall be
"To Italy,
Union, Love and Liberty!"





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