Re: and the band played

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Scottie Bowman wrote:
> 
>     A small spurt of recognition in the early hours
>     of this morning when I found myself listening,
>     on the BBC, to the familiar chorus of:
>     'And the band played Waltzing Matilda ...'
> 
>     It was being sung not by the male singer -
>     like everyone else, I still can't remember his name -
>     but by Joan Baez.

Not that it´s very important (or important at all, I guess) 
but I believe the male singer would be Tom Waits...

Abra

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