Santa Maria Goretti

With four children
Widow Assunção
Worked hard
To earn the bread

Little Maria
Took care of her siblings
At night with her rosary
She prayed

Little Maria
Received education
Her mother taught her
True religion

At twelve years old
She prepared her heart
Received Our Lord
In her first communion

One day came
The wicked ingratitude
Alexandre Serenelli
A young man with bad intentions

Talked about love
Little Maria said no
Took the life of the innocent
It was truly heartless

He was sentenced
To thirty years in prison
Remorse lives with him
He's paying for the betrayal

Little Maria
Received coronation
She's in heaven with Jesus
And his protection

Santa Goretti
She is our devotion
You're the martyr of purity
The lily of the hearts

Pray to God
For our salvation
Deliver us here on earth
From ungrateful temptations