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My Dad died during the flu epidemic in 1918 when I was 4 years old

My Dad died during the flu epidemic in 1918 when I was 4 years old. He left a lot of classical recordings behind that I began listening to at an early age, so he must have been a music lover. – Tom Glazer

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Just this morning, out of a large memory for songs, and having been obsessed by them since childhood, suddenly, at the age of 84, I thought of a song I hadnt thought of in over 50 years. It came into my head unbidden. – Tom Glazer

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When I was in Philadelphia during the Depression in 1930 or 31, I got a very sad job as a night watchman in a garage. The cars in the garage had been abandoned by their owners, since they had lost their jobs and couldnt keep up the payments. – Tom Glazer

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