Word & Song by Anthony Esolen

Word & Song by Anthony Esolen

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Word & Song by Anthony Esolen
Word & Song by Anthony Esolen
"Torna a Surriento"
Sometimes a Song

"Torna a Surriento"

Come Back to Sorrento

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When I was eight years old, my mother and father gave me the gift of a chord organ, a single keyboard with a left hand portion which played chords at the push of a single key. To say I loved it was an understatement. With the organ came a paperback book of sheet music, which included some songs I already knew even at the tender age of eight. But many…

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