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carry a tune

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carry a tune

to be able to sing accurately. For such a complicated song they should at least find someone who can carry a tune.

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Jenny is named for a singer and Fanny for a beautiful dancer, but mother says they're both misfits, for Jenny can't carry a tune and Fanny's kind of stiff- legged. Rebecca Of Sunnybrook Farm by Wiggin, Kate Douglas View in context More results

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