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<div>Efforts like this make me painfully aware of my hearing loss over these many years. </div>
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<div>If one (or more) wanted to sing </div>
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<div>"The big parade ain't got a shade on her, milady fine,"</div>
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<div>-- or anything else that fit and scanned -- </div>
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<div>there would be no objection from me.</div>
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<div>Maurie Walker</div>
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From: Dick Baker <djml@dickbaker.org><br>
To: dixielandjazz <dixielandjazz@ml.islandnet.com><br>
Cc: Maurice Walker <mwalker637@aol.com><br>
Sent: Mon, Dec 30, 2019 9:21 am<br>
Subject: Re: My Angeline lyrics<br>
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<div dir="ltr">At 08:49 PM 12/29/2019, Maury Walker wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr"> The big parade ain't got a shade on her and my _______??<br>
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<div dir="ltr"> I can't even guess at the missing word, other than it rhymes <br>
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<div dir="ltr">with Angeline.<br>
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<div dir="ltr">I tried slowing it down, and for what it's worth, I hear<br>
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<div dir="ltr"> The big parade ain't got a shade on her as ?mire? as mine.<br>
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<div dir="ltr">I.e., it sounds a bit like "mire," but I'll bet the word he wants is "fine."<br>
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<div dir="ltr">With that wording, the sentiment, the meter and the rhyme scheme all <br>
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<div dir="ltr">come out . . . (wait for it) . . . fine.<br>
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<div dir="ltr">Listen for "fine" and see if your ear can make it work.<br>
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<div dir="ltr"> Dick Baker<br>
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