Word: sung
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...music is, of course, the backbone of the show and the book (which is by Harry B. Smith) does not come up to the same level. In between the musical numbers the pace lags. Of the airs the most familiar is "Gypsy Love Song", and it is sung by Philip Conyers, but unfortunately the part calls for a basso of extraordinary profundity and Mr. Conyers attempted to master it in a key so low that his voice lacked the power to bring out the full effect. If pitched a trifle higher the results would be considerably better. In this number...
When he was 73 and she 23, the late great Tammany Chieftain Richard Croker married Kotaw Kaluntuchy (Bula Benton Edmondson), descendant of Chief Sequoyah, inventor of the Cherokee alphabet. She had sung, lectured on Indians, ridden a horse at New York's Hippodrome. She studied enough law to defend her $5,000,000 legacy from her husband against the children of the first Mrs. Croker. She became one of the largest landed proprietors of West Palm Beach...
...attempt to do so in any Marine Camp would be summarily dealt with. During almost 26 years of service in the Corps, dating in fact from February 16, 1904, I have never heard any version of "The Halls of Montezuma" which was unprintable, or which could not be sung in any gathering, public or private anywhere...
...nearly 13 years I have heard it sung by Marines in many lands and not once have I heard included in it a word which could be termed "unprintable." Your description of our hymn will be resented by all Marines...
After Magistrate Vitale and friends had feasted, sung and speechified, there were footfalls on the stairs. Seven men entered the room and held up the crowd. One of the gunmen had a handkerchief over his face and carried two revolvers; the others worked with faces bare and bland. They acquired some $5,000 worth of cash and jewelry and several firearms. They met no resistance at all from Police Detective Arthur C. Johnson, an imposing fellow who had held that position for 17 years and thrice been recommended for bravery. His gun was one of those taken away...