Cannot play songs in i Tunes

Hi ..and help...
In order to free up space for iMovie projects I did trash some I tunes files I found in my documents folder. I thought they were just titles of songs so I deleted them.
Anyway I did free up a lot of space but my entire iTunes library is not playable:says "cannot play because original file cannot be found."
Help - how to I try and get my music back in operation?
appreciatively,
Steve

well unless you backed up your music files (the
actual files not the itunes files) then you really
can't get your music back. you'll have to
download/rip them again. If you were lucky enough for
them to be in your recycle bin you could restore the
files. but they are probably gone.
I do have them backed up on my 40GB iPod. So...can i dump them all back over?
Steve

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