For a Long Lost Espanya

O how

Ruefully I pine

For a long lost Espanya,

What I wouldn't give,

To be young again...

And happy as I was back then...

*

Maria, full of peace, 

Do you remember

Francis Albert

Sing songs of Tom Jobim

That mournful afternoon...

Happy as you were back then...

*

O for

That wide-eyed

Impression of yours,

Paquita La de Murcia

Of your beloved Marilyn...

Happy as you were back then...

*

O how

Ruefully I pine

For a long lost

Espanya,

What I wouldn't give,

To be young again...

And happy as I was back then...