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The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1940-09-24

WASHINGTON - Although the
status of the Battle of Britain re-
mains difficult to estimate, diplo-
matte cables have pieced together
general picture which can be sum-
married as follows
l. Bad weather in the English
Channel may prevent any invasion
of England by troops this year. An
other important factor is the havoc
wreaked upon Nazi barges in French
and Belgian harbors by Royal Air
Force bombers.
2. Bad weather will not interrupt
the bombing Of England to any ap-
preciable extent, and this has al
most paralyzed London, making
parts of the city near shambles. !.
Little by little the r. A. F. has
had to back up. At first British air.
men were keeping German planes
to their side of the Channel. Next
they met the Nazis on the southern
shore of England. Then they re-
treated inland so that now they do
not engage Nazi bombers until they
are about half way between London
and the sea.
Here the Royal Air Force is hold
ing, but in order to do 1t, they have
had to bring most OF their planes
down from the north, leaving that
part of England relatively I'M
guarded.
So far, the Royal Air Force has
not been licked. They are still doing
a good job against overwhelming
numbers. However, it remains a
strong probability, almost certain
ty, that if Hitler wanted to risk sac
rificing his entire air force he could
knock out 6he r. A. F. It would be
terribly costly, but he could prob
ably do it.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1940-09-24

Some persons say there is slight facial resemblance
between Franklin D. Roosevelt and Wendell Lewis
Willke. AP photographs show the two men have lot
in common with each other and the rest of For the
first in series of paired pictures showing what we
mean look for TWO AMERICANS on another page
Of today's Empire.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1940-09-24
4 NAN TROOP SHIPS SUNK BY BRITISH
PICTURES PICTURES

DfTIIDFf DfTDEF First spot pictures the California Kidnapping
'~'O-S eemab latest wnofo Here they
reaching The Empire less than AhoM after actual
Francisco The pictures h San Francisco hm
Clipper at O'Clock Monday afternoon but too late for
story he oe Ndnape and his 3eard vhm
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1940-09-24

Nuhlenbroh gh alien German who entered the
said admitted
Marc Tristan of Count and
shortly after
River Pine
48 abducted his
demanded 100000 for his safe
although Of
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FACTORIES VS.. FACTORIES
Meanwhile British bombers have
been inflicting terrific punishment
on Nazi docks, ships and munitions
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1940-09-24
FRENCH GIVE up
TO JAPANESE IN
IND0-CHINA PLOT
Forces Surrender After II
Hours Of Resistance
Troops Disdrmed

BULLETIN - TOKYO, Sept.
"a. - Belated advices received
here indicate that fighting has
again broken out in French In
do China after resistance was
supposed to have ceased and
French soldiers disarmed. In
fact fighting has never ceased
since the japanese invasion.
Several observers, it is re-
ported, declare the invasion is
purely face-saving move on
the part Of Japan"
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1940-09-24

TOKYO. Sept 24-Opposition TO
the invasion of French Indo-C China
by the Japanese military has
abruptly ended, according to Of
fetal advices received from Hanoi
The end came after II hours of
spasmodic resistance from the
French garrison at Longdang, about
100 miles from Hanoi, the Capital
City.
Casualties occurred on both sides,
including the death of Lieut..
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1940-09-24
NAZI CLAIMS

BERLIN, Sept. 24.-Na1 spokes-
men said today that the Nazi air
force has dropped more than 500
million pounds of bombs on Great
Britain since August. 10. He added
that devastating damage had been
done to military objectives" in one
thousand separate cities. He esti-
mated that 5000 industrial plants.
including 600 in London, had been
damaged or destroyed. He also
claimed that 80 per cent of all gas
and electric plants in large cities
have been disabled or destroyed. that
four main railroad stations have
been destroyed and that three i'm
portant subway tunnels have been
caved in. Damage to grain elevators.
food stores and mills Is estimated
at $500 000,000
ON TWO FRONTS
LONDON. Sept. 24.-Nazi planes
staged their nth consecutive raid
fNOpttp,,o~3 ~. nooo Gav. ~
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ON TWO FRONTS

LONDON. Sept. 24-Nazi planes
staged their nth consecutive raid
The Phoenix index., 1940-03-02
INSIDE STUFF ON
THE MAESTROS

Ella Fitzgeralds Bard has been
giving the jitterbugs who flock TO
harlem's Savoy Ballroom a head
ache. That is, everytime you turn
around playing musician mem
ber of the aggregation is THEN HE
ISN'T THERE! The latest is
that Bardu Ali has been dropped
as conductor of the band that be-
came more famous than it had been
before upon the death of it's leader
Chick Webb. =. Ali who lent color,
poise and class with his handsome
frame before the ork also put life
into Webb's successor Ella Fitzger-
aid. 1t was Alis antics with the
First Lady of Swing that served to
make the musical aggregation SOL
ID with a swing frenzied world. 1t
was Bardu Ala who gave the writ
er most of the inside stuff on
Americas First Lady of Swing that
enabled yours truly to write facts
mot fancies as so bluntly put forth
in a denial by Willie Bryant that
ne not Chick Webb gave Ella Fitz-
gerald her "breakD.
The Phoenix index., 1940-03-02
HARLEM SKETCHES

wide fires broke out, white people
accused ccclored of setting them.
During the ensuing riots, 100 Ne
cores were place in prison, %
burned at stake, and 88 were trans
ported from the city, And in the
Draft riots Of 1863 many Negroes
were killed because they were
blamed by white conscripts for
causing the civil war! Soap box
orators continually din into ears OF
Harlem that they need to break
cut again-but saner counsel pre-
walls.
Strangest sight of the year: Ne
gr leaders of Harlem earnestly try
ing to Jim crow themselves. They
are backing Negro Day at the
1910 N. Y. Worlds fair. Support of
the Brown Bomber Baking Com
pany, worlds largest coIored bak-
cry company, is to be sought. Evi-
IDENTITY going to try to use all
Means to pull chestnuts out of the
first for the lily-white Worlds
Fair corporation, who last year
would have no part Of a Negro
Day. It will be interesting to see
whether a large number OF Negroes
will be employed this year.
HARLEMANIA: Many Old Har-
lem homes have built in kitchen
coal cook stoves and hot air fur
nances. Some are used today
although nearly &C years old
The first Negro schools were built
in 1705. Judging from looks of
some. they are sill in use-Some
Of the restaurants opened by Ne
groes are exclusive exclusive
as q Restaurants doing big
gest business in Harlem, are, for
some mlaccountable reason, those
with the most uninviting appear
ances and dingy interiors - The
; lion and lamb had their confer
ence last ergo-the Uptown
. Chamber Of Commerce and the Ne
gro BUSINESS men.
HARL LEM-IN-BRIEF Hattie Nc
Daniel Nanny" in Gone With
The Wind, because of the excel :
ence of her work in that un-
American pix. has secured an i'm
! portant role in Selznick'S's techni-
, color production Of "Maryl1nd"--
! Earl Hines and his Grand Terrace
hand filled the bill at the Apollo
theatre last week. Lucky Millinder
started there February 23-Note to
Marguerite L. Martin OF AMP:
Those "old lecherous" men you
spoke OF III your column last week,
are usually as good as the girl they
are out with, permits them to be
Quite a number Of plays and mu-
steals going into rehearsal. Means
work for lots of at liberty actors
and actresses. Sid Thompson, 12s
w. 122d, New York City.
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Goodman Gives $3.50 Drum Set
To Bethune-Cookman College

NEW YORK CTTY-(SNS)-Benny Goodman,
the king of SWING has proven his wOrhness to the
title and throne by giving Lambda Kappa Mu So
rOrity $3.50 drum set including bass, and
tom-tOms The sorority will present the set to DIR. Be
thune for the musicale department of her school
The donation made through the solicitation
of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Norman and Mr. and Mrs Lionel
Hampton. Mrs F. K. Norman is the national organizer
for the Lambda Kappa Mu Sorority and also mem
ber of the Board of Directors of the Bethune COokman
College and National Recording Secretary for the
National Council of Negro Women. Mrs. Gladys Hamp-
ton is Fiskite and the wife of the famous Lionel,
and was recently nducted into the Sorority Fred
Norman was formerly staff arranger for the Good
man band and he is FlOridian and product of Be-
thune Goodman College, while Lionel is a member of
the famous Goodman aggregation. The drums have
been turned to Fred Norman for shipment to
Bethune- COOkman College.
The Phoenix index., 1940-03-02
Rating TheRecords

near perfect as rhythm can be and
the soloists, as usual, know how to
get breathtaking effects. Coupled
is the slower Between The Devil
And The Deep Blue Sea, rendered
in I'll | Could Be With You" style
with Helen Humes singing Ted
dy Powell, who might be dubbed
The White Count Basie", cuts
powerful caperS on the Decca OF
FLEA ON A SPREE and THE
SPHINX, the latter Oriental in
mood This is good stuff and it
ought to tickle the jitterbugs. ~.
Here's another of those exotic calyp-
SOS. It's by Gerald Clark on VAR
sity and titled G-Man Hoover and
Camilla The Jitterbug.
Slim Gaillard this week tries hia
hand at the blues and produces
Chillin' Switch Blues on Vocation.
It sports some striking electric gull
tar and effective piano and trum-
pet with Slim singing. He also leads
the pack on tile. coupling, Huh! Uh-
Huh! Il typlaal novelty that seems
headed for good sale. Woody
Herman does 1t again. staying con-
stantly in the groove, this sensa-
tional band draws loud applause
Tor the Decca Of Say Si ST and
Pick-A-Rib. This is solid swing OF
The righteous sort.
When Ernie Fields rides out
piece like ElueS At Midnight, he
sounds awfully good But put him
on a number like Bless Your Heart
the other side of this Vocation, and
he's just awful. Here's popular
Eair we'll played on Decca by Bob
Crosby. The Starlit Hour and An
| gel. Tommy Reynolds produces
easy. relaxed swing on his Vocal
ion of Marcheta and Deep Night.
Nothing sensational. but it's still
butte satisfactory.
Will somebody give me the low
down on the New Orleans Blues
band? Varsity has reissued Big
Blues and Small Blues by this unit,
with the originals obviously waXed
in the 20S. In some respects j.
sounds like early Ellington. :. p. You
should get a kick out of Want To
Woogie Some More, a salty Vocal
ion by the Vas Vas Girl. Coupleo
is I'll Try To Forget Another
good race release is the Decca of
Put Me Back in the Alley and Look
out Papa Don't You Bend Down
by Wingy Carpenter. Apparent
ly Varsity erred in labelling Mama
Keep Your Yes Nam Clean BY
Big Boy Ben, because that's not
the title and woman sings. The
pairing is okay, Mistreated The
Only Friend You Had. Lee
Browns Decca of Another Little
Girl and Cross The Santa Fe is
quite ordinary Tall Tom sings
straight old fashioned blues on the
Varsity of You Broke My Heart and
Easy Pap.
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Others To Be
CivenRoIesl In
Drama
Ry LAWRENCE F. LAMAR

HOLLYWOOD, Calf. if.-(SNS)-
Hollywood outdid itself this week
when it launched production on
one of its current film productions,
that is calculated to bring economic
joy and artistic aplomb, to the
local colony of sepia screen play
ers. Center of all this splendid
activity IS the Goth Centtny-Fox
studios where the film Maryland
is under production.
Hattie Mcdaniel, the famed
Nanny of Gone With The
Wind" heads the cast of one of
the largest groups of sepia acting
talent, probably to ever be assem-
bled in this noted land of make
believe. Fresh from screen tri-
uInphs in the Selznick picture,
where she won acclaim that is
likely to see her emerge a winner
in the years Academy of Motion
Picture Arts and Sciences Award
for best supporting role.
Other notable sepia performers
signed to important roles in the
finn piece, include Ben Carter,
who scored handily in recently
released picture "Tlttle Ola New
York;. zack Williams, whose
characterization in the recently
released all-sepia cast film In
gagi" proved a breath taking tri-
u1nph; Ernest Whitman, remem-
bered for his work in Jesse
James; Madame Sul-Te-Wan, the
grand old lady of the films; Man
tan Moreland, famed for his Irish
Luck" film portrayals and Anita
Brown.
Charlie Moore, another very ca
pable actor has very neat role,
as does Bud Harris, Darby Jones,
George Reed and others in the
Gene Markey production. Theresa
Harris and Clinton Rosemond both
winners in the recently conducted
national poll to select the out
standing actor and actress of the
year by a sepia newspaper aud
ience, are both being considered
for some of the outstanding roles
in the production. Henry King di-
rects the film which brings to the
screen certain highlights of Balti-
more and Maryland's aristocracy
The Phoenix index., 1940-03-02
TECHNIQUE OF TELLING THE NEWS


Franklin D. Roosevelt
assistant
Home Savoy
Pannyeaher alleged Harlem
Sunday February Jersey Cyclnaxing
by youngsters with the
Jungles shocked
Tuesday awake
rule dded Though wonded the patoman
Would-be
formerly all its ostentatiols
day. night Most of Harems wegant
Me Miller Garrett and created
TO the extent that didn't the
is Ella Fitzgerald sporting hal small
Prominent amongst those
porters and assigned
man Johnny Holt who slain duty
Steele former Hollis when
he starred Abyssinian
when Holt wen high honors Archie Scales
basketball champions 1925262829
at the
only the absence worlds
rive marked the asemblage
homage to basketball Singleton fia
che ct al Gone but forgotten Johnny
ete paronan and friend leaves his
heaoeo by genial Bob Douglass
correspondent would rather
Bodies who like to keep
The Phoenix index., 1940-03-02
HARLE NJ
TRIVIA
BY MARGUERITE l.. MARTIN
for AMP

To the best of our knowledge, for
the first time in movie history,
with the possible exception of Lou
ise Beavers portrayal in "Imita-
ton of Life, a Negro actress has
been prominently mentioned for an
Academy award. The actress,
Miss Hattie McDaniels, of the
Gone With the Wind" cast. . SO
what happens?. ?....
So GWTW is being picketed in
Brooklyn, and we understand, else
where, on the grounds that the pic
ture heaps ridicule and discredit
upon the Negro race, by portray
ing them as they were during slaV-
cry days. How in the world are
the pickets going to change histori-
cal facts?. To us it seems an aw-
full waste of energy. Energy that
might be put to better use. If
they must picket why not some of
the places which discriminate
against Negro employees, yet are
supported largely by Negro trade?
Or some of these third-rate
apartment houses with abnormally
high rents? Why will we show such
vast amount of cooperation and
race cohesion over matter of such
trivial Importance, and let things
of major moment to us go unheed-
ed? Lord knows We can't change
almost one hundred years of his
tory. We can only make the next
one hundred years something to be
proud of. Years of achievement in
stead of years of slavery and futile
objection.
In lighter vein we come to
Katherine Dunham's recital last
Sunday night at the Windsor the
atre. Miss Dunham and her group
took the ballet and put it where the
The Phoenix index., 1940-03-02

Monday Thru Friday pm.
Hobby Lobby, CHS, Sunday 5 p.
m. Weekly guests lobbying their
hobbies
Pursuit Of Happiness, CHS, Sun
day 4:30 pm. Guests
Southernaires. Vocal quartet,
NBC Blue, Sunday ll.30 am. Fri
day 1918 F.m.
Oscar Polk as Horace" on the
Big Sister" dramatic sketch, CHS
Monday thru Friday 1870 am.
West Coast rebroadcast pm.
Wings Over Jordan CHS Sunday
$50 am. Chorus and talks
We, The People, CHS Tuesday,
9 pm. West Coast rebroadcast
1880 am.
The Phoenix index., 1940-03-02
THOSE WILD RADIO RAVES

ErSkine Butterfield-MBS, Tues
day, 11:45 m. Saturday tbs pm.
pianist-vocaliSt.
Carter and Bowie at twin pianos,
MBS, Scattered schedule.
Charioteers, NBC Blue, Monday
AS pm, Tuesday 8 am. Satur-
day lO:30 am, MBS Sunday 9 p.
m. Saturday Gas pm, WOR 710k
Friday, AIS pm, Vocal quartet.
Erskine Hawkins, NBC, Sunday
II midnite, Monday and WedneS-
day, 1890 am. Savoy Ballroom,
NYC.
Bob Howard, WEAF, 660k, Ntw
York, Wednesday, 7:45 pm. Sher-
man Hotel, Chicago, Pianist and
Vocalist.
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wet, my dear;

wet, my dear;
Gosh! (The water poured until II
was almost knee-deep,--
Scanning weather bulletins was
case of read 'em n weep.
Rain, snow. And, Oni Darling,
how the wind did blow
When it was cold, wham! 1t was
ten degrees beloW!
But, who cares. We move about
And pay it no mlnd,-~-
The only thing thai worries We
New Workers. is making time.
When we're just stepping out the
milkmar bout to go round,
And, before he's Qm tellln' YOU'D
we've painted the town!
From A Columnists Scrapbook.
The Phoenix index., 1940-03-02
NUM- Becomes Life Member
OF CoLored Actors Guild

NEW YORK (ANP)- Paul
MUM, internationally famous actor
of stage and screen whose per-
formance in "Juarez" was one of
the outstanding performances in
motion pictures for 1899 and whose
current performances in Key
Large" has evoked the unstinted
praise of critics, became a life
member of the Negro Actors guild
Thursday.
Among the life members are
Marioan Anderson, Eddie Cantor.
Tyrone Power Joe Louis, Bill Rob-
inson, Paul Robson, Hubert L.
Dekaney, Cab Galloway, Louis
Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Alan
Corclli, Fannie Robinson, Noble
Sissle, A. E. Lichtman, Laster A.
Walton, Fredi Washington, Ethel
Waters and Frances E. Williams.
The Phoenix index., 1940-03-02
BY FRANK MARSHALL DAVIS
for AMP
SO aIEES'
.:sIEIIltAI RECITAL

.;.'IEITCAI. RECITAL
Tbs famous Soulhemaires have
thousands of fans obtained by ra-
dio and personal appearance. These
persons will undoubtedly be happy
10 know that Decca has just re-
leased special album OF 10 sides
entitled The SouthernaireS in a
Recital Of SplIiLuals.
These grand singers, using thell
simple and mClodic style, have pit
on wax SUCH we'll loved numbers as
Swing Low Sweet Chariot, Go
Down Moses, Couldn't Hear No.
body Pray, Steal Away To Jesus,
Little David Play On Your Harp
Roll Jordan tOll, Ezekiel Saw The
Wheel. Joshua Fit De Battle OF
Jericho, Gonna Shout All Over
GODS Heaven and Nobody Knows
the Il ouble I've seen These rec
Lrus ie1ain aii the cnarm and SIM
cGuty OF thn SOuthernalreS best
| work and :Or JlldC reason deserve a
WIDE "a Z a1rnnG followers Of this
! Qnarte'.
RED HOT STUFF
Best vocal blues thus far released
this year is Death Better Blues by
| ida Cox on Vocation. Her all-Star
accompanying band finds Jimmy
| johnson substituted for Fletcher
Henderson and the Improvement IS
tremendous. This piece has a
mournful majesty that impresses.
lie coupling is a mere convention
al number, Deep Sea Blues. ...
Benny Goodman displays lot Of
dynamic power on his Columbia OF
Busy AS A Bee and zaggin With
Zig, the latter featuring Elman s
excellent trumpet. l can't help but
be impressed by the terrific SWING
Artie Bernstein on bass adds to the
rhythm section.
a select group from Andy Kirk 5
band, called Six Men and Glri,
debut on Varsity with Scratchln'
The Gravel, a slow blues, and the
speedy Zonky. This is Al swing,
with Mary Lou Williams, Floyd
Smith, Dick Wilson and the rest
producing stuff that'll send you.
Jimmy Dorsey has another Decca
likely to get a good play Titles are
Keep A Knockin', with vocal by the
whole band, and Major And Minor
Stomp. Dick Jurgens' new Vo-
Gallon of You Can Depend On Me
and An Old Beer Bottle packs ap-
peal for two types OF audiences.
/ The first, with Eddie Howard sing
ing, will have the gals feeling 100,
too romantic, while the second Will
20 good after that third hlghball.
Best platter by the Mills Broth
ers in many moons is their Decca
of 1t Don't Mean A Thing and Put
On Your Old Grey Bonnet. Here
they make full use of the technique
which first carried them to inter-
national fame and prove they nave
no equals in this specially Gene
Krupa has a popular pairing thaC S
okay if you like the numbers. IL
ties of this Columbia are A Lover
Is Blue and rye Got My Eyes ON
You. &. i. Happy FELTON, tries nara
but he just doesn't have the feeling
to make Joe Turner Blues COM
1letely acceptable on Varsity. Inc
companion, Let's All Sing Togeth-
er, is much better since 1T Is more
appropriate for this bands style.
Count Basic habitually turns out
good records and his rocking, jump
ing, Ham M Eggs on Columbia is
no exception. The rhythm is as
The Phoenix index., 1940-03-02

VagabondS NBC Blue, scattered
schedule, Vocal quartet.
VARIETY, INSPIRATIONAL
Major Bowes Amateur Hour, CHS
Thursday 9 pm.
Eddie Anderson, Rochester, Jack
Benny's Radio Valet, NBC Red,
Sunday pm. West Coast rebroad-
cast 1870 pm.
Eddie Green, co-comedian with
Tommy Riggs, NBC Red, Monday
8 pm.
Golden Gate Jubilee Singers,
CHS, Scattered schedule.
Fisk Jubilee Singers, Tuesday,
7:30 p. m.
Georgette Harvey, maid on the
Betty and Bob" serial, NBC Red,
The Phoenix index., 1940-03-02

The POLITICAL POT-BOIL-
ING HOT: Initials being most i'm
portant in distinguishing famous
Flrsts let's not forget these few al
phabetical predictions To wit, TO
WOO. It's for you, hobby lobby. It's
Tor you'll. .--FDR will run again
He will team up with JNG. TED
of NYC will be mated with RAT.
The COP would like it very
much if FDR went very, very FAR
lTra, la, la, la, lab E. . And while
they do not SAY but they hope for
the DAY when YOU voters will be
DEM ballot toters. YOU will
hear more about adequate jobs, re-
lief, housing, hospitals, schools and
such which according to the MAN
on the street is today NOT very
much when he's out of a JOB.
The promise once made of a
chicken in every POT actually
GOT the COP on spot. And have
you forgotten about the CAR in
every garage?? Certainly NOT! So
Mr.. and Mrs. Voter, be We COP or
DEM ballot tOter, remember, a
pomise made and broken is like
the young man who forgot to give
his sweetheart a birthday token
Confucius say, Man who put
ballot III box often same time make
measurement for own coffin.".
PREDICTION: Former New York
Governor Alfred f. Smith will
stump for the Grand Old Party.
WHILE ON THE SUBJECT:
Nose Jackson, under-privileged u.
S. citizen, would like to know what
on earth happened TO the Anti
Lynching Bill. Sez, Don't tell me
that it is PLAYING capacity
crowds. That is, gone with the
Wind?"
LITERATI: Having a press,
printing newspaper, shooting af-
ter circulation and satisfying the
advertiser can be said in one and
Vic Sdlile UlCdUll-lG lllcdllS lIl6
same thing. But having a good press
serving the public with a neWSpa-
per that has reader interest which
will guarantee circulation and, nat
urally, satisfy the advertiser is
something else again. a.. Harlem is
the haven of outdated Fourth Es-
taters who (the Federal Writers
Project here indicated as much)
should have never taken up writ
ing in the first place
The folding up of several New
York publications a little more
than ten years ago showed that on
ly the strongest would survive
And when great newspapermen
like George w. Harris, Romeo
Dougherty, Charles T. Magill, AL
vim CJack) Moses, Wilfred r. Balm
and few others ceased to write
, their observations in Harlem gaz-
cites only a few were left to car
! ry on. AS I make my rounds
! from dusk till dawn inside of me
something seems to say, What 8
swell column that was C'Blazin' the