Previous posts for May 11th may be found here: Irving Berlin (2019), Joseph Marx (2020), Irving Berlin (2021), Paul Wittgenstein; Irving Berlin (2022), Irving Berlin (2023), and Irving Berlin (2024)
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Irving Berlin (11 May 1888 – 22 September 1989) wrote both the music and lyrics for some of the most enduring songs in the Great American Songbook.
Old Techno
The dance club was vexed with chagrin
When the DJ decided to spin
Some 78s
He had found in old crates
Marked "Grandmother's Irving Berlin."
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"Doin' What Comes Natur'lly"
Berlin, in his diction and grammar
Eschewed complications and glamor;
It was part of his creed
That the crowd didn't need
To be hit on the head with a hammer.
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