excerpt from 'Their small corner' pp. 79-80 (166 words)
excerpt from 'Their small corner' pp. 79-80 (166 words)
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What fun we had out of small things […] Boys could play the bones and one could whistle with his fingers in his mouth and we all tried to do the same. I liked to sing and the younger woman at the [neighbouring] Tan House was a pianist who enjoyed playing for me to sing such songs as the Volunteer Organist, Come on over the garden wall, and the Perfect Day [A Perfect Day]. I often crept out of the house and ran to the corner to see if there was a light in her parlour and when there was I asked Mother to let me go to sing. They were joyous times. On Christmas Eve the husband [at Tan House] had a card party where men played half-penny nap and my Father was one of the players. The men asked if I would sing in the early part of the evening so while they played in a room across the corridor I sang to them. |
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