Lyrics to Al Capone's 'Madonna Mia'

[April 17, 2009]  Lyrics to "Madonna Mia," written by Al Capone while he was at Alcatraz:

In a quaint Italian garden
While the stars were all aglow
Once I heard a lover singing
To the one that he loved so

In that quaint Italian garden
'Neath the starry sky above
Every night he'd serenade her
With his tender song of love

Madonna mia

You're the bloom of the roses
You're the charm that reposes
In the heart of a song

Madonna mia

With your true love to guide me
Let whatever betide me
I will never go wrong

There's only one moon above
One golden sun
There's only one that I love
You are the one

Madonna mia

This I vow here before you
Till the end I'll adore you

Madonna mia

Once again I see that garden
Many years have hurried by
I can see that sweet Madonna
There's a teardrop in her eye

For her soldier has departed
Left his loved one with a sigh
She said "I will wait forever"
As he sang this last goodbye.

Madonna mia ...

[Associated Press]

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