"Lord, it's one kind favor I'll ask of you. See that my grave is kept clean."

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Source: Bliss Carman (1906). “Pipes of Pan: Containing From the Book of Myths, From the Green Book of the Bards, Songs of the Sea Children, Songs from a Northern Garden, From the Book of Valentines,”

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Blind Lemon Jefferson

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Blind Lemon Jefferson was a pioneering blues musician whose emotive songs captured the struggles of African Americans in the early 20th century.

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