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HERE. IT .IS!! THE SONG THEY'RE ALL TALKING ABOUT

Positively th• Catchiest Melody Written in Recent Years Play this Chorus over three or four times, taking care to get the time exactly a. written. You will 1hen r~alize why this song is "Sweeping the Country" as no other •on1 bas done for years. The Melody will actually haunt you for weeks. You can't forget It.

"DOWN IN MELODY LANE'" f

When the moon Le-gins to wane -

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Hon-ey thump-in' and a jump-in'

Copyright MCMXlby Harold Ros-situ Mosic Ce>., Chicago, UI. Brltlsh COp.)fl'tpt Senrect. (

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This Song can be obtained wherever Music is aold. or will be sent poat­oa.id upon receiot of' 25c.. Addre•• Harold Rossiter Musie Co- CHIC.AGO