I type slower than I sing, so I had to back up a bit, and then I double-checked it.
Jaunty and mournful can be strange combinations. Try the beginning of Poe's "The Raven" to "Deck the Halls".
Once upon a midnight dreary Fa la la la la, la la la la As I pondered, weak and weary Fa la la la la, la la la la
Childhood experiments with piano rolls (yes, piano rolls) revealed that Sousa's jaunty "Stars and Stripes Forever" slowed down to a crawl becomes an effective Yiddische lament.
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Date: 2009-10-27 06:47 pm (UTC)Jaunty and mournful can be strange combinations. Try the beginning of Poe's "The Raven" to "Deck the Halls".
Once upon a midnight dreary
Fa la la la la, la la la la
As I pondered, weak and weary
Fa la la la la, la la la la
Childhood experiments with piano rolls (yes, piano rolls) revealed that Sousa's jaunty "Stars and Stripes Forever" slowed down to a crawl becomes an effective Yiddische lament.