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I Was There: No. 2. I Was There

by Andrew Garland & Lee Hoiby · from Hoiby: Songs

2009Classical2:57Track 13

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Review by Jules Archer★★★★½Sample

the sequencing here is criminally underrated. “I Was There: No. 2. I Was There” into the next one?? come on.

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Review by Oskar Lind★★★Sample

Not every song lands, but when it does it LANDS. “I Was There: No. 2. I Was There” is the keeper.

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I Was There: No. 2. I Was There
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I Was There: No. 3. a Clear Midnight
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I Was There: No. 4. O Captain! My Captain!
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I Was There: No. 5. Joy, Shipmate, Joy!
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