Adage: Church is not out 'till the singing's done. (July 12, 1913)

Thu Sep 19 01:44:38 UTC 2013

Thanks Fred and Sam. Praise from you two virtuosos is high praise indeed. Garson

On Wed, Sep 18, 2013 at 9:25 PM,  <sclements at neo.rr.com> wrote:
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>               1913)
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> Great precursors.  You done good.
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> Sam Clements
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> ---- "Shapiro wrote:
>> Fantastic discoveries, Garson!  Because of their relation to the celebrated "the opera ain't over till the fat lady sings," these are highly important sayings.
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>> Fred Shapiro

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