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Hard Times Come Again No More
When I was teaching, I introduced the children to a number of Stephen Foster songs – Beautiful Dreamer, Camptown Races, O Susannah… This week I’ve been reminded of the old Stephen Foster Song ‘Hard Times Come Again No More’. Let us pause in life’s pleasures and count its many tears,While we all sup sorrow with…
Bill, Badger and Bagpipes
Three things from yesterday… …Reflecting on ‘Buffalo Bill Comes to Lowestoft’: Local musician John Ward’s research on Buffalo Bill’s huge, spectacular Wild West Show coming to Lowestoft in 1903 included several quotes from Buffalo Bill Cody. In particular: ‘In nine out of ten cases where there is trouble with white men and Indians, it will…
Buffalo Bill and Hocus Pocus
Last night we saw ‘Buffalo Bill Comes to Lowestoft’. Local musician John Ward has researched how Buffalo Bill and his huge, spectacular Wild West Show came to perform in Lowestoft – close to where we live in Pakefield – in 1903. He told the fascinating tale in songs, words and pictures. In describing the life…
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