Only after I heard this song with Nina Simone, which I adore, I came to learn about this song and all the other "versions" . A masterpiece. Thank you, but most of all, thanks to my Nina Simone for having sang the best version in my opinion.
Oh my.... the first song I ever heard growing up that made me realize music was a way to tell stories, just in a more beautiful format. This has stuck in my head for all these years. Thank you for making me “ feel” music with my heart.
They got a huge sound for there only being 5 of them.
I must be hard to keep drumming while playing the harmonica.
I think I saw him switch to a whistle too.
To those who have cherished an affection for a faithful and sagacious dog, I need hardly be at the trouble of explaining the nature or the intensity of the gratification thus derivable. There is something in the unselfish and self-sacrificing love of a brute, which goes directly to the heart of him who has had frequent occasion to test the paltry friendship and gossamer fidelity of mere Man. E.A. Poe 1842