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Quotation of the Day for December 19, 2003
"it wase a old lady by the name lizer thompson she was the midwife for all the women down ther the did not ust a doctor at that time when my father came home ant lizer met him at the door an told him say Frank you done a good job that time he said what do you mean she said i mean yo shot both barel that time yo have got twins a boy an a girl..."
- bluesman Big Bill Broonzy, in a letter to historian Alan Lomax, recounting his life story. Reprinted in Chapter 9 of Lomax's book, The Land Where the Blues Began.
Submitted by: Terry Labach
Nov. 12, 2003