Recently at a concert after I had sung an anti-war Gaelic song called An Eala Bhan, written in the trenches in 1916 and still often sung today, an Italian lady sang for me Stelle Alpinis.

I liked the words, but the tune is actually that of a mawkish English music-hall song from the 1890s with many rude parodies. It is called She Was Poor But She Was Honest.

The writer may have heard such a version sung by British soldiers.
Sadly, it is difficult for British people to appreciate the Italian song.