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From: riddle@ut-sally.UUCP (Prentiss Riddle)
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Subject: More on "Little Boxes"
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Date: Fri, 28-Dec-84 15:31:51 EST
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Posted: Fri Dec 28 15:31:51 1984
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Funny coincidence: after the recent exchange of postings about "Little Boxes"
and its author, Malvina Reynolds, I ran across a Pete Seeger album which
included in the liner notes the story of how the song came to be written.

It seems that Malvina was driving with her husband one day to an afternoon
performance somewhere in the suburbs around San Francisco when the idea came
to her.  Malvina stopped the car with the words, "Take the wheel, Bud, I feel
a song coming on."  By the time they reached their destination, "Little Boxes"
was ready to be sung.

--- Prentiss Riddle ("Aprendiz de todo, maestro de nada.")
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