Previous posts for November 6th are here: Adolphe Sax; John Philip Sousa (2019), Ray Conniff (2020), and John Philip Sousa (2021)
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John Philip Sousa (6 November 1854 – 6 March 1932) was an American composer and band leader.
Taste
For John Philip Sousa, a march
Needed plenty of spirit and starch;
A thing to give pep
To the soldiering step
Without being vulgar or arch.
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Gus Kahn (6 November 1886 – 8 October 1941) was a prolific American lyricist responsible for a number of well-known standards.
Heavy Footed
The spondaic name of Gus Kahn
Resists making limericks thereon;
The trick, if you try it,
Is to blunder right by it
As if the result were foregone.
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