How can I move my mp3 songs back into iTunes?

Can you help me???
I accidently moved a group of MP3 files (songs) from my iTunes to the trash. After doing a little research, I saw the suggestion of creating a folder on my desktop and dragging them from the trash to the new desktop folder. So, I did that, and as far as I can tell, the songs are all in the folder on my desktop. But when I try to drag the songs from the desktop folder to itunes, I get this message:
"Attempting to copy the disk Macintosh HD failed. You do not have enough access privaleges for this operation."
This makes no sense to me. This is my private computer so I should have all the privaleges I need to do anything, right? Anyway, can you help me move the songs back into iTunes? I have iTunes 11.1.1. Thanks!

marilyn4444 wrote:
"Attempting to copy the disk Macintosh HD failed. You do not have enough access privaleges for this operation."
This makes no sense to me. This is my private computer so I should have all the privaleges I need to do anything, right? Anyway, can you help me move the songs back into iTunes? I have iTunes 11.1.1. Thanks!
It says you are trying to copy the "HD disk" so abviously not allowing that operation.
Open iTunes and from the menu select File>Add to Library... then select the Desktop from the sidebar and pick the folder containing the songs > click 'Open'

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