Abby,

Thanks for posting my song, "The Pigeon." I had almost fogotten I had written it, until I saw it here and on the rec.music.folk newsgroup.

I estimate that I have written more than 200 songs in my life, the majority being quickie pieces like this. Ada Prill from Rochester, NY, has been collecting them for a couple of years now, including ones that I would just as soon forget, such as "Lady Simpson and the Handsome Serving Lad."

Anyway, one sad note regarding July 4th: Both Thomas Jefferson and John Adams died on July 4, 1826, exactly 175 years ago today.

And one more happy note: The Philippines became an independent republic on July 4, 1946.

---- Steve