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I'm a spade, you're an ofay. Let's play.

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Louis Armstrong
Age: 69 †
Born: 1901
Born: August 4
Died: 1971
Died: July 6
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Unless you know what it is I ain't never going to be able to explain it to you.
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A lotta cats copy the Mona Lisa, but people still line up to see the original.
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I don't need words. It's all in the phrasing.
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If ya ain't got it in ya, ya can't blow it out.
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Give me a kiss to build a dream on And my imagination will thrive upon that kiss Sweetheart, I ask no more than this A kiss to build a dream on.
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I don't let my mouth say nothin' my head can't stand.
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When I go to the Gate, I'll play a duet with Gabriel. Yeah, we'll play 'Sleepy Time Down South' and 'Hello, Dolly!.' Then he can blow a couple that he's been playing up there all the time.
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