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BUNK JOHNSON BLOWING by MURIEL RUKEYSER

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First Line: THEY FOUND HIM IN THE FIELDS AND CALLED HIM BACK TO MUSIC
Last Line: We three slid down that San Francisco hill
Subject(s): JAZZ; JOHNSON, BUNK (1889-1949); LEDBETTER, HUDDIE [LEADBELLY] (1888-1949; MUSIC & MUSICIANS; LEADBELLY;
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