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Seems to me, it aint the world that's so bad but what we're doin' to it. And all I'm saying is, see, what a wonderful world it would be if only we'd give it a chance. Love baby, love. That's the secret...
Louis Armstrong
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Louis Armstrong
Age: 69 †
Born: 1901
Born: August 4
Died: 1971
Died: July 6
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At first it was just a misdemeanor, but then you lost the mis-de and you just got meaner and meaner.
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All them weird chords which don't mean a thing...you got no melody to remember, and no beat to dance to
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