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Category Archives: 19th Century
“The Last Rose of Summer” – Nina Simone (1964)
In his book, Yesterdays: Popular Song in America, Charles Hamm lists “The Last Rose of Summer” as among the Top Selling Foreign Songs in America in 1870. The lyrics are from a poem by Irish poet Thomas Moore written in … Continue reading
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