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When I finally located my High School pal, Hugh Railton in New Zealnd, in 2016, I recorded this in his honor. It was in a book of Maori Hymns he gave me, at our Chaffey H.S. 10th Reunion. He got the prize for having come the farthest, by the way. 🙂
It was one-take, no metronome track (obviously) Here it is, warts and all.
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Fellow condemned: Can we let down our petty competitive veils for a moment And admit what we have had in common? Yes, we've all had moments of joy that kept us enduring The grief, The failures, The disease, The loss of our senses — of smell, of sight, of
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