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Louis Armstrong And Duke Ellington [French] (Louis Armstrong et Duke Ellington)

James A. Emanuel

Satchmo, toile à sac,
et Duke en cachemire ; l’habit
et le moine l’attirent.

Translated by Jean Migrenne

© 1991 James A. Emanuel. All rights reserved.
From Jazz From the Haiku King | Broadside Press, 1999
Reprinted by permission of the author.
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