A single soldier stands guard in the middle of a snowstorm on a mountain summit, dreaming of his beloved at home. Il Testamento Del Capitano The Captain of a Company is mortally wounded and asks to see the rest of his Alpini a last time; they come, even though they have no shoes to walk. He asks them to cut his heart into five pieces: one for his homeland Italy, one for the battalion, one for his mother, one for his love and the last one for the mountains, which will surround it with roses and flowers. La Montanara A song about the beauty of the Alps, very famous and often considered as the hymn of the Alps. La Si Taglia I Biondi Capelli A young girl cut off her blonde hair to enlist in the army and thus able to follow her first love to the front on the Piave river. La Tradotta This song is about the experiences of many of the young Alpini who died just weeks or days after deployment to the mountains via railway transports, hence the title, as it states "“The railway that begins in Turin, doesn’t stop in Milan anymore,..." The song is from the viewpoint of one who states of the many war dead of his battalion who perished in the First Battle of Monte Grappa. La Valsugana The dream of returning home. Lassù in montagna A inspirational song about that even when alone in the mountains all of Italy stands besides the Alpini. Monte Canino The Alpini arrive on the front after days of transport in freight wagons via railway. Monte Cauriol The wind brings the news to a family that their son has died on Mountain “Cauriol”. Monte Nero The 3rd Alpini regiment is on its way to conquer Mount “Nero”, but the attacks ends in such a massacre, that the regiment's colonel sits amid his dead soldiers and weeps. Monte Pasubio A long column of Alpini is on the way to Mount “Pasubio” to fight the Austro-Hungarian forces, however many of them would die in its heights in the snowy landscape, amidst gunfire and artillery shelling. But the Alpinis are not afraid; they will not return/ turn around. (In Italian the used verb has this double meaning) Quel Mazzolin Di Fiori A young woman collects flowers she will bring to her love. Signore delle cime A prayer for a