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3 Hoagy Carmichael Quotes

Hoagy Carmichael delivers quirky, off-beat musings that feel like a surreal street-corner performance.

Hoagy Carmichael quotes

  1. You sittin' here chained to your rockin' chair.

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  2. It's the story of a very unfortunate colored man Who got arrested down in Old Hong Kong He got twenty years' privilege taken away from him When he kicked old Buddha's gong.

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  3. I'm a Cranky Old Yank in a Clanky Old Tank on the Streets of Yokohama with my Honolulu Mama Doin' Those Beat-o, Beat-o Flat-On-My-Seat-o, Hirohito Blues

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