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Thread #64555   Message #1057778
Posted By: Jim Dixon
20-Nov-03 - 10:20 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: The Day I Read a Book (Jimmy Durante)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Day I Read A Book - Durante
Here's an excerpt, pieced together from a sound sample found at Barnes & Noble and a couple of quotes from this page.

(I'LL NEVER FORGET) THE DAY I READ A BOOK
(Jimmy Durante and Jackie Barnett)

There's one day that I recall, though it was years ago.
All my life I will remember it, I know.
I'll never forget the day I read a book.
It was contagious,
Seventy pages.
There were pictures here and there,
So it wasn't hard to bear,
The day I read a book.
It's a shame I don't recall the name of the book.
It wasn't a history. I know because it had no plot.
It wasn't a mystery, because nobody there got shot.
The day I read a book--I can't remember when,
But one o' these days, I'm gonna do it again.
SPOKEN: Ah, lit'rature! There's nothin' like sittin' home...