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# Every day you walk down the street Everybody that you meet

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# Has an original point of view

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-# And I say, hey!

-Hey!

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# What a wonderful kind of day We can learn to work and play

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# And get along with each other

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# You gotta listen to your heart Listen to the beat

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# Listen to the rhythm of the street Open your eyes! Open your ears!

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# Get together, make things better By working together

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# It's a simple message And it comes from the heart

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# Believe in yourself For that's the place to start

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-# And I say, hey!

-Hey!

-What a wonderful kind of day

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# We can learn to work and play And get along with each other

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# What a wonderful kind of day, hey! What a wonderful kind of day, HEY! #

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-Hey, DW!

-Hey...

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Attention, boys and girls. I have an important announcement

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regarding your upcoming trip to Crown City.

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Starting today, all plastic garbage...

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Oh. Wrong announcement. Now, where is that thing?

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Ah, singing at Bartleby Hall!

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-It almost makes repeating third grade worth it!

-Really?

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I'm kind of nervous giving a concert in front of all those people.

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I'm not talking about the concert! I'm talking about Finkelmeyer's,

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the place Miss Krazny takes us to afterwards.

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It's the best deli in Crown City.

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The pastrami sandwiches are so big,

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you need to sit on a telephone book to eat them!

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After just half of one,

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You think you'll never be able to eat again.

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But when they bring the cheesecake,

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boy, you make room!

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Fin-kel-mey-ers...

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Ah, here we go.

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Miss Krazny will not be able to take you to Crown City this year.

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Oh-ow! The inhumanity!

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But we've managed to find you a replacement.

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BOTH: Dr Fugue?!

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Yee-ha!

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Who am I...? Dr Frederique Fugue,

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pianist, private tutor, musicologist! What is my goal?

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To make sure this chorus is ready to sing at Bartleby Hall

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-at 4pm this Friday. Questions?

-Dr Fugue...

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I have a...a sore throat.

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HOARSE VOICE May I be excused?

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No. If you sing properly, from the diaphragm,

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you will not strain your vocal cords.

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But you may have a flavourless lozenge.

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Right! Enough chitchat. We'll begin with scales. After me...

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# Doh ray mi fa sol la tee doh!

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OUT OF TUNE: # Doh ray mi fa...

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STOP!

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Arthur, Fran, Muffy and Binkie - you're flat. We'll start again

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and continue until EVERYONE is on key

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IN TUNE: # ..fa sol la tee doh!

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Good! That time you were all pitch perfect.

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Remember, a chorus sings as one voice.

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All it take is one rotten apple to spoil the bushel.

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-Now, for your homework...

-Aw!

-Aw, man! That's not fair!

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-SCREEECH!

-As I was saying.

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..For homework you are all to pick a song to sing in class tomorrow.

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-It will help me decide who will sing the solo part.

-What?!

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But I have the solo part! Miss Krazny already gave it to me!

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And if your singing merits it, then perhaps I shall give it to you too.

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Good day!

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You had this guy as your piano teacher and you actually survived?

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He's pretty strange, but he IS a good teacher.

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He's the best. That's why I'm not gonna sing.

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-What?

-What?

-Why not?

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Because I'm a lousy singer! Once Dr Fugue really hears my voice,

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-He'll lose all respect for me.

-But you'll miss going to Finkelmeyer's!

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-Think of the pastrami, Binkie!

-Oh, I'm going on the trip.

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I've got it all worked out.

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# ..Morning bells are ringing Ding-dang-dong...

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DEEP BREATH # ..Ding...dang...DO-O-O-O-ONG! #

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-Great!

-Yay!

-Really good!

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Impressive range, Francine. If you learn to control your breathing,

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-you can become an excellent singer.

-Does that mean I get the solo?

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I'll let you know when I've made my decision.

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All right! Let's begin work on our song,

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the very appropriate "In The Good Old Summer Time",

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which will help take a bite out of the winter chill. Where is Binkie?

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Here I am! Did I miss the solo trials? Oh, darn!

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Lousy watch! The battery must've died.

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-From the top...

-HE BLOWS KEY NOTE

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# There's a time in each year

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# That we always hold dear

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# Good old summer time

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# With the birds and the trees-es And sweet-scented breezes... #

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THEY ALL STOP BINKIE MOUTHS SILENTLY

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B-flat!

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# Laaaaaa! #

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C-sharp!

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# Laaaaa! #

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-Sharper!

-# LAAAA! #

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# When your day's work is over... #

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-Tempo, tempo!

-# ..Then you are in clover... #

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This isn't Tchaikovsky's "Funeral March", you know!

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Buster, can you...

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# ..Pass the salt In A-minor? #

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# Here you go. Are you finished With that fish stick

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# In C-major? #

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..More feeling!

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Enunciate!

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Give it some GUSTO!

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# You hold her hand as she holds yours

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# And that's a very good sign

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# That's she's your tootsie-wootsie In the good old summer time! #

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Well!

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The tempo was good, the phrasing was accurate and the pitch was perfect.

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But there's one very important thing you're not doing...

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I knew it was too good to be true!

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..You're not having fun! Did you know that there are 21 chandeliers

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in Bartleby Hall, each glittering with hundreds of pieces of crystal?

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When you take the stage, the chandeliers rise up to the ceiling

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and dim until they resemble stars on a cloudless night. Then...

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there is a silence which is at once frightening and thrilling

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because you know that in seconds it will be filled with your voice

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And when the conductor finally lowers his baton,

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it feels like you are not singing alone but with the help

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of all the beautiful voices that ever echoed in that theatre!

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# ..LAAAAAAAAAAAAA...! #

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That, my friends, is what you have to look forward to tomorrow.

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Enjoy it - especially you, Francine!

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-There's nothing worse than a glum soloist!

-YES!

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-BELL RINGS

-OK, class dismissed!

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Get a good night's sleep.

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Uh...Dr Fugue? I have something to tell you.

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-That you've been lip-synching for the entire week?

-But how did you...?

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It's the oldest chorus trick in the book. Used it many times

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-as an undergrad with The Wittenpups.

-I... I just, well...

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-I'm OK at the clarinet. Singing...!

-Contrary to what you might think,

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I believe you have an excellent voice. But it's up to you

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-to use it or not.

-Thanks, Dr Fugue!

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# You're welcome In A-minor! #

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# She'll be coming round the mountain She'll be coming round the mountain

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# She'll be coming round the mountain When she comes! #

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George, Fern and Jenna, you were off-ke-ey.

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-Aw, Dr Fugue!

-It's just fun!

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Hey, it's really starting to come down. ..Dr Fugue,

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can we have a snowball fight before the concert?

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Expose your highly-cultivated vocal cords to the elements? Not a chance!

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-How's the weather forecast?

-Not good.

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And the snow is getting heavier.

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Fear not, class! Crown City is a hibernal paradise in a snowstorm.

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The busy streets are hushed, the cars are snuggled and...

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-The road is closed!

-What?!

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A blonde-with-sand and a pair of life-preservers!

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Better fire up the second griddle, Remy, we got a busload comin' in!

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FRANCINE: What about the concert?!

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-If we stop now, we'll never make it in time!

-Move along, Francine.

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You're letting the draught in. I'll have no cases of grippe on my watch!

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Another coffee, if you please.

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Sadie and I had theatre tickets. A pity! We don't get out much.

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It's just not fair! We did all that practising for nothing!

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I didn't. But I was gonna sing anyway.

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I'll probably never get another chance to perform at Bartleby Hall

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Aw, all that cheesecake.

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Hey, you Think WE'RE sad? Check out Dr Fugue.

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Poor guy, he must be crushed.

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Right!

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Chorus assemble, please!

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Come, come, we're wasting time!

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Obviously the acoustics are not as good as they are at Bartleby Hall,

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so you should project a little more.

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-Other than that, remember to smile and...

-Dr Fugue, what are we doing?

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-Performing, of course. It's four o'clock.

-No way! We're in a diner!

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-I've played humbler venues.

-THEY GRUMBLE

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-LOUD WHISTLE

-I'm very proud of this chorus.

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You've all worked too hard not to hear how good you've become.

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PEEP!

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# There's a time in each year That we always hold dear

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# Good old summer time

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# With the birds and the trees-es And sweet-scented breezes

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# Good old summer time...

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# ..In the good old summer time In the good old summer time

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# Strolling through a shady lane With your baby-mine

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BOTH: # You hold her hand and she holds yours

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# And that's a very good sign

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# That's she's your tootsie-wootsie

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# In the good old...summer...time! #

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YEAH! < BRAVO!

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CHEERS AND SHOUTS

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A snowplough's coming to clear Route 9

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so you can get back to Ellwood City.

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But meantime, Remy thought you might like some of his apple-berry pie.

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Well, it may not be Finkelmeyer's but...

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..this is amazing!

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This is the best pie I've ever had!

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I'll tell Remy. He was a pastry-chef in Paris before he came here.

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Five stars!

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Dr Fugue, I thought I was a pretty good singer a week ago,

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But now I realise I have a lot to learn. And I'm looking forward to it!

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so... # Thank you in C-sharp! #

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# ..You hold her hand and she holds yours

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# And that's a very good sign

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DR FUGUE JOINS IN # That's she's your tootsie-wootsie

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# In the good old summer time! #

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