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Word & Song by Anthony Esolen

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Word & Song by Anthony Esolen
Word & Song by Anthony Esolen
"The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance"
Sometimes a Song

"The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance"

Burt Bacharach, Hal David

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Sometimes a Song must wait a long time for its day in the limelight. This week’s song is one such. I myself have been holding onto it for over a year, waiting until we chose as our Film of the Week the film it was written for, “The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance.” And our song was far from an immediate hit when it first appeared.

Hal David and Burt Bach…

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