Should the Levee Ever Break, Act 1, Scene 1, Part 6
...The curtain rises on Bumblebee Babineaux walking self-confidently along Chartres Street.
Bumblebee [singing]: Ain’t nothin’ gonna break my stride, nobody’s gonna slow me down. Oh, no, I got to kee...
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Categories:
beiderbecke, allegory,
Form: Prose
Coyotes and Cats Eyes
...She's sat whistling
unusual?
but good
little red in the face
with a blue coat
and hood.
The big fellow with a moustache
cigarette ash on his lapel is
whistling as well.
A musical st...
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Categories:
beiderbecke, angst, perspective, travel,
Form: Rhyme
Bix
...Leon Bismark "Bix" Beiderbecke
(March 10, 1903 – August 6, 1931)
It was said of Bix
That his Cornet spat out notes
Like shooting bullets at a bell
And his solos sounded as sweet
As a girl sa...
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Categories:
beiderbecke, music
Form: I do not know?
Love That Jazz
...Another Beiderbecke
Compact disc
Exacting feverous,
Gratifying harmonious
Idyllic Jazz.
Kings, Lords, make noble
Obeisance portraying
Qualifying
Ratifications.
Some, tendering
Unqualified v...
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Categories:
beiderbecke, music, nostalgia,
Form: ABC