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...hear the voice of your old mother calling to you from the further shore," said the professor. "Ma lives in Germantown," said Jess. "Wet your whistle," cried the professor, taking a long swig from a flask, "and we'll sing it [The Old Musician and His Harp] through together...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Music on the Muscatatuck | 2/18/1946 | See Source »

...life. . . . A little kindness, a little thoughtfulness would do wonders in bringing back the glow of joy. Jesus cared for humanity, cared for human souls and even those who did not care for themselves. Long ago Plato said that a real musician makes harmony not merely with his harp but with his life-his life goes into his song...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TENNESSEE: The Boss Forgives | 9/24/1945 | See Source »

...warm night this summer Barney ordered the band to fanfare Loch Lomond. A chubby little Alice-in-Wonderland, carrying a pint-sized harp, skipped to the platform and hopped to a high yellow-leathered stool. A white spot picked up a white face, surrounded by carrot hair which fell halfway to the girl's waist. Said she: "This is an Irish harp. With it I will sing you a very tiny song...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: If You Knew Susie .. . | 8/13/1945 | See Source »

With artful casualness she plucked several arpeggios from the gold-shamrocked harp and then sang...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: If You Knew Susie .. . | 8/13/1945 | See Source »

...songs which she learned at singing gatherings in North Carolina, she sings Old English, Irish and Scottish ballads which Susie digs out of the public-library music room. She comes from a ballad-singing family (papa is acting overseas with a camp show), and Susie learned to pluck her harp and zither at home. Her mother is an executive of the American Theater Wing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: If You Knew Susie .. . | 8/13/1945 | See Source »

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