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...tambourines and shouting the new tunes that would soon pulsate in all the samba palaces of Brazil. Usually the streetcar motormen got the idea and joined in, clanging out the rhythm with their bells. One song caught on faster than all the rest and ended by sweeping Rio. Sample stanza...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Eu Brinco! | 3/6/1944 | See Source »

Both the competition and the scoring tempo picked up somewhat in the third stanza, with Harvard scoring 12 points and the sailors 17. Still, with only one ten-minute period left to play, the Coast Guard led 33 to 18. It was at this point that the big Crimson rally took place...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Coast Guard Tops Crimson, 40 to 34, Despite Late Rally | 2/4/1944 | See Source »

...Admiral Cunningham's naval forces, the job will not be inexpensive, for there will be many operations under the shadow of Axis air power. But it is a job which will be done-partly because the British Navy in the Mediterranean is imbued with the idea in a stanza by A.B.C.'s favorite, Montrose. It stands printed in Admiral Cunningham's quarters whenever he goes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World Battlefronts, THE MEDITERRANEAN: This Waterway | 5/24/1943 | See Source »

...Marleen has gone through various metamorphoses. The British changed it into a sentimental song. The Danes and Norwegians made up verses in which Hitler swung from Marleen's lamppost. Following this cue, the OWI has prepared a version for possible future use in propaganda broadcasts to Germany. Sample stanza...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Lili Marleen | 5/3/1943 | See Source »

...Sample stanza: And every farmer in the land Up on his hind legs will stand And the laborer at his job And the soldier...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: The People Are You | 3/15/1943 | See Source »

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