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From: Jim Blease <>
Subject: Re: Thanks and a short lil intro =) -- Minnehaha - Hiawatha's Childhood
Date: Fri, 01 Jan 1999 10:46:40 -0500


"Elaine T. Maddox" wrote:

> My father used to recite this this poem when I was very very little. I
> loved listening to its cadence. It was a required rote learning item when
> he was schooled. You will find people who are very entranced with
> Minnehaha, many especially in the Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota, area.
>
> Elaine
>
> Hiawatha's Childhood
> Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
>
> Haven't thought of that since my school days; was grateful then that we
> weren'r required to learn it. Now: Thank you.

--
Jim Blease
Valdosta, Ga.

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