Lap Steel Guitars

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    Beatrice. Will you go hear this news, signor?
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    William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

    For when they meet, the tensile air
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    Allen Tate (1899–1979)

    The present century has not dealt kindly with the farmer. His legends are all but obsolete, and his beliefs have been pared away by the professors at colleges of agriculture. Even the farm- bred bards who twang guitars before radio microphones prefer “I’m Headin’ for the Last Roundup” to “Turkey in the Straw” or “Father Put the Cows Away.”
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