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a song (or poem) that tells a story
- As Fagin stepped softly in, the professional gentleman, running over the keys by way of prelude, occasioned a general cry of order for a song; which having subsided, a young lady proceeded to entertain the company with a ballad in four verses, between each of which the accompanyist played the melody all through, as loud as he could.Chapter 26 — In Which a Mysterious Character Appears Upon the Scene.... (23% in)
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