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...rhythm," said the general, ignoring him, "for pure lilt and melody, give me Sprague ever time. But try Cagle...

Author: By G. K. W., | Title: THE CRIME | 10/20/1928 | See Source »

...music? Perhaps no song in the show equals the "Here in My arms" of "Dearest Enemy' but then, few songs could. "Where's That Rainbow?" has a nice lilt and good lyrics: "A Tree in A Park" sounded awfully good to us but then Helen Ford sang it and as far as we're concerned she could sing anything and we'd ask for more. No criticism would be complete without several bravas for Lulu McConnell: she may be vulgar but she's very funny and she has a laugh that does things to your vertebrae and almost shatters...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: PEGGY GETS HER SUMMA; HELEN--THE NEW FORD | 12/1/1927 | See Source »

Gaelic Songs--Hebridean Islands, arranged by Marjory Kennedy-Fraser Kishmul's Galley The Seagull Island Sheiling Song Milking croon Churning lilt Death croon Sea-Reiver's Song...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: MINO HAGER TO SING IN NEXT WHITING CONCERT | 3/1/1927 | See Source »

Colum has a romantic background, a background that is reflected in every word he writes, in the lilt of his voice, in the motions of his hands, in the occasionally fiery manner of his conversation. He was born in the town of Longford, in the Irish midlands, where his father was master of the Workhouse. From earliest childhood, he says, he was interested in wayfarers and vagabonds?and he says to his father's place came all the tramps, ballad-singers and strolling musicians of Middle Ireland. This, and his later life in County Cavan, in a place where there...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Gold*: What's Wrong with the World? | 6/16/1924 | See Source »

...mechanical rules alone can be. The baccalaureate sermon, on the other hand, is replete with dignity and yet grace; while the prophecy of the next hundred years is filled with almost poetic fire. Almost all through the book, except in the inaugural address, there is a lilt to the words that is akin to the Homeric. And throughout there is a vividness of picture and choice of words...

Author: By A. D. Welton jr., | Title: TREATS EDUCATION WITH BREADTH OF VISION | 11/16/1923 | See Source »

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