Iphone 5s I had two apple IDs from the original switch to mobile me

When I purchased my iphone 5s I had two apple IDs which were supposed to be recognized as one because I switched it to a me.com from mac.com but used the same prefix. I was told that my [email protected] was going to be the same as my [email protected] and to just start using my [email protected] that that information would be the same...not! Lost all of my new mobile me itunes songs, and got all of my way old email from when I first switched to mobile me from mac.  Can I still get my old songs on my itunes so I don't have to buy them back? I don't want to lose my current itunes library...

Yes you can.  Use the Apple ID the items were purchases under
then follow
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2519
Note Apple doesn't allow the Mac.com or the Me.com addresses to be renamed.

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