Itunes songs not located.

I bought a new Mac Pro and it's now he only equipment authorized for iTunes. I have several songs I purchased time ago and when trying to play it says "could not be used because the original file could not be found. Would you like to locate it?"
When I try the "purchase link" it shows everyone of my missing songs "downloaded"
But if trying to play them on my library, it does not locate them.
Thanks for any help...

You deleted the songs from your computer? >.> How do you expect them to play if you deleted them?

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