Joe Hill (7 October 1879 – 19 November 1915) was a Swedish-American labor activist and songwriter. The limerick below quotes one of his most famous songs.
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Over the Hill
Joe Hill was an immigrant Swede
Who wrote songs with an activist creed,
Because “pie in the sky”
That you get when you die,
Doesn’t help with terrestrial need.
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Shura Cherkassky (7 October 1909 – 27 December 1995) was a highly respected Ukrainian-American pianist who had an unusually long career.
Everything Old Is New Again
Said Shura Cherkassky, “My career
Continues for year after year,
And if now, after eighty
My touch is less weighty,
My playing is just as sincere.”
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