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You got to love to be able to play
Louis Armstrong
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Louis Armstrong
Age: 69 †
Born: 1901
Born: August 4
Died: 1971
Died: July 6
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New Orleans
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Louis Daniel Armstrong
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Jazz is played from the heart. You can even live by it. Always love it.
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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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It ain't whatcha say, it's the way howcha say it.
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I'm a spade, you're an ofay. Let's play.
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Red beans and ricely yours.
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