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Your support makes all the difference.In memoriam: Ella Fitzgerald
I must have been quite young then
I saw her on TV
"Lady Be Good" - I think it was
It meant sod all to me
She tore into this number
And ripped the thing apart
The trouble with jazz
From a pop fan's view
Is it's far too much like Art
So I was in the kitchen
Knocking up a brew
When John called out,
"Oi, look at this,"
And I came shuffling through
And heard this brilliant racket
I later found was scat
The woman's name was Ella That's all there was to that
Except to say that later
I bought this one LP
Which got nicked at a party
Circa '83
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