“It is important that the audience should understand every syllable of every word, for only then can they grasp the meaning of the song.”
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I know I'm fat and I know my hair is straight, but I can sing.
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Middle-aged women have greater stability, they are more loyal, and their capacity for steady work is greater than that of younger women.
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I could see myself in a white nurse's uniform, working unnoticed for many years and at last dying, unknown, unmarried and unsung.
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Every small town has its dramatic group, its barber-shop quartet, every home has music in one form or another.
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