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 go, humming the tune all the way, and then she'd play it on the melodeon.

"She learned the whole Dead March that way, bits at a time, but it took so long 'cause the soldiers didn't die very often, and the band only played it at the funerals.

"She was so tickled when she found another soldier was dead. She was the first one on hand when the procession started, and she'd follow 'em all the way. Then she would race home and play as much of it as she could remember.

"We were good and glad when she knew it all! We hated it, so mournful as it was!

"She looked real peart-like sittin' up on the stool. Her hair was short and her head looked like an easter egg with a ribbon tied round it.