Ave Maria, Mother of Mercy,
Thou art our hope, and our sweetness and life.
Pray for Francesco, Oh, watch o’er his footsteps;
Turn on his sorrow thine eyes sweet and tender.
At thy dear feet anguished I fall
To pray for him—
For oh! somewhere he’s wandering,
Sorrow enduring.
Pray for him Mother, oh watch o’er his footsteps.
Lost, lost to me, yet so dear to me—