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All of the people took it up and sung it over and over until it was wrung dry, and no further innovations of tone and tempo were conceivable. Then they hushed and ate barbecue.
All of the people took it up and sung it over and over until it was wrung dry, and no further innovations of tone and tempo were conceivable. Then they hushed and ate barbecue.
Approximate author period: c. 1925 AD · modern
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- Zora Neale Hurston
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- Approximate author period: c. 1925 AD · modern
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