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BMP BMP by WILLIAM MATTHEWS

Poet Analysis

First Line: LUGUBRIOUSLY ENOUGH THEY'RE PLAYING
Last Line: JUST ON TIME FOR THE BAND TO LEAVE TOGETHER, %HEADED FOR THE TIN ROOF BLUES
Subject(s): BECHET, SIDNEY JOSEPH (1897-1959); JAZZ; MUSIC AND MUSICIANS;

Poem Sources:

THE JAZZ POETRY ANTHOLOGY.
  FEINSTEIN, SASCHA, & KOMUNYAKAA, YUSEF (EDS.)
  (1991)
 
NEW ENGLAND REVIEW, V15#1, WINTER /93.
  (1993)
 



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