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From 1903, An interesting adaptation of Longfellow's poem of heartache, hope and healing put to music, I Stood On the Bridge at Midnight, sung by J. W. Myers.
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Enjoy this recording of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's poem "The Bridge" - written some time in the 1840s - condensed and put to music by Miss M. Lindsay.
Typical of many two-minute wax cylinders, there was only enough recording time for just the first verse of Lindsay's two-verse condensation (see below) leaving the work in a decidedly melancholy tone.
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