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Melancholy
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Just below the surface
of merry Mardi Gras
Louis and Sydney
crying out loud
through their
horns of heritage
speaking of the devil
watching strange fruit
and up comes Benny
kletschmer on his knee
that clarinet wails
about ages of pain
Still I\'m kind of glad
that you opened your window
*Mardi Gras - New Orleans carnival
*Louis Armstrong and Sydney Bechet were both
from New Orleans. Bechet played the clarinet as well
as the saxophone. Both musicians afro-american.
*\"Strange fruit\" refers to the title of a Billie
Holliday recording. The title points to the corpses
of black americans hanging from trees after racist
lynchings in the south states of US.
* Benny - last name Goodman. Jewish - American
clarinet player.
* Kletscmer - Jewish folk music developed in
eastern europe.
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