The Fair Maid Of Sorrento

THE FAIR MAID OF SORRENTO
(La Vera Sorrentina)
Italian folk song from Naples
Key: A
Time: 6/8

  2    -2”  -3” 3   4  -3  -3 -3”
Sweet your eyes at Pie-di-grot-ta
  -4   4   4    -3   5   -4 -4   4
Filled my soul with soft de-sir-ing
 2    -2”  -3”  3  4  -3   -3 -3”
Trip-ping light-ly by thy moth-er
  -4    4   4   -3   5   -4 -4   4
Pearls and gold was your at-tir-ing
  4    -4   -5   5  -4   4    5   -4
Laced with gold was all your ves-ture
 4   -3 -4    4    -3  -3”-3-3’-3
Silk-en ker-chief shin-ing un-der
 4  -4  -5   5   -4    4   5   -4
With a sweet be-witch-ing ges-ture
 4  -3   -4    4   -3  -3” 2
Did you laugh then joy-ous-ly
 2   -2”   -3” 3  4  -3  -3  -3”
Lov-liest maid-en of Sor-ren-to
 -4   4   4   -3  5  -4   4
Great my long-ing is for thee