How do I transfer non-purchased songs to a new mac?

I had a mid 2009 Macbook Pro and the hard drive in the computer got damaged. I was able to back up some stuff but because this unexpectedly happen I was not able to back up my itunes library. My other apple products are synced via icloud and i wouldnt have a problem transfering the itunes songs into a new mac. the problem is that i have non-purchased songs and I dont know how to transfer them into the new mac. Does anyone know how can i transfer non-purchased content into itunes? Thanks for the help

Unless you're able to restore them from the hard drive, you'll need to either do so from a backup or reload them from the original source.
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