Bought 3 songs on my iPod touch but didn't show up on iTunes. What to do?

I bought 3 songs yesterday directly from the iTunes Store on my iPod touch. They all downloaded and processed, and I assumed that they showed up on my iPod's music library.
Today I checked my iPod to listen to those 3 songs, but only one of them showed up. The other two just vanished. So I turned on the computer and synced my iPod with iTunes. I have it set to manually manage music and videos. When I clicked on "Purchased on (my name)'s iPod" under "Devices" all three songs were there. I checked my iPod again, and all the songs were now there.
But when I clicked on the iTunes store and clicked "Purchased" or "Purchased from (my name)'s iPod," none of the songs showed up. I checked my iTunes music library for the album of the songs, but none of them were present.
I reviewed my account's purchase history, and the songs I purchased were listed.
If I go on iTunes on the computer to download those songs again, will I be guaranteed to get a message that I already purchased the songs and that I can download them for free? The songs apparently weren't copied to my iTunes music library when I synced my iPod, since they didn't show up.
Will that message "You have already purchased this item..." show up even if I bought the song on my iPod, synced it but didn't copy the item to iTunes, and use iTunes on the computer to buy the sitem(s) again?
When I attempted to download the songs again on iTunes, it asked me if I was sure I wanted to download and buy the songs. It informed me that "my account will be debited for this purchase and the download will begin immediately." I got afraid and backed out. If I clicked, "Buy now," would it have given me the message that I already bought the songs, even if I didn't get them synced to my iTunes or purchased it from my iPod?
Please help!

It worked! Thank you!
But how come it didn't work when I first plugged in my iPod into the computer?

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