Downloading purchased songs on other computer

New iTunes user here, so forgive me if this question has an embarrassingly easy answer!
If I've purchased and downloaded a song on one computer, as I understand, I'm allowed to play that song on any other computer that I've authorized. But how do I get that song from one computer to another? It seems that I just can't download it directly from iTunes again. Please help, thanks!

Find the song that you downloaded (probably My music> itunes > itunes music > 'artist' > 'Album')
copy it to a USB stick or something
plug in USB stick on new computer
ensure that in iTunes prefs, under 'advanced' that 'Copy files to iTunes library...' is ticked.
Drag file from usb stick directly to the music icon on the left hand side, or select 'file > add to library' from the menu
Ensure that your iTunes is authorised... attempting to play the file should prompt you for this
You can only authorise 5 iTunes instances at any one time
Regards
Paul

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