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357:"The Gift Of Music, The Sylvia English Collection"
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252:THE OFFICIAL WEBSITE OF BILLY MURRAY (1877-1954)
812:Always Leave Them Laughing When You Say Goodbye
619:"Solitaire Long Playing Records advertisement"
223:"Welcome to the Fall River Historical Society"
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173:Library of Congress, Copyright Office.
903:Cuddle up a Little Closer, Lovey Mine
457:"Peabody Museum Gets Old Sea Songs".
163:Library of Congress. Copyright Office
138:, Solitaire Manhattan Record SRO-452.
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126:Arthur Collins, 1910s discography
945:Forty-five Minutes from Broadway
544:"Song artist 163 - Billy Murray"
300:"My Romance With Eleonora Sears"
90:I fell for Susie’s line of talk
875:Clap Hands! Here Comes Charley!
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195:"Andrew B. Sterling Biography"
96:And he tied us tight as twine
94:Then we fell in with a parson
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1043:It's the Same Old Shillelagh
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645:"On the old Fall River line"
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980:He Goes to Church on Sunday
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518:Kerr, Bob (1996-12-04).
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92:And Susie fell for mine
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1189:Under the Anheuser Bush
840:Because I'm Married Now
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