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AFRICAN LAMENT by ELSIE GLENN

First Line: I HEARD HESITANT, SHY, BLACK FINGERS
Last Line: BUT YOU COULD BEAT THE TOM! TOM!
Subject(s): LAMENT;
I heard hesitant, shy, black fingers
Gently touch the keys,
Then the dusky voice deploring:
"I can't eva' play sich as these!"

(Listen! Brrr! Slap! Bommm! Bom!)
But you could beat the @3Tom! Tom!@1



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