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The original song was called "Helene" in the 1950's from the word for Greece as it was written as a patriotic one. The history of its origin was once on Internet too but I do not seem to be able to Google it? It always reminds me of a school pal playing it for us in the school hostel we were boarded at in Ceylon in about 1950. Some of the words were: "The stars light the sky for, the song birds they sigh for, ?? The brook gently playing, the lilac tree swaying, one word they keep saying, Helene. I think of you only, Oh where can you be." I learnt to play it by "ear" and have just done so today. I may have written the words in an old song book which I must look for as I love to sing and play it on my piano as it brings back so many happy memories of my childhood, even though I was away from home and my parents in familiar surroundings. In the evenings especially as we watched the sun sinking, I used to really miss them and being able to climb into my own bed in my own home. To me "Tina" will always be "Helene".
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