Carolina QuotesSomeone in the back of the room started singing "God Bless America." The thing about "God Bless America" is that, after a certain point, nobody really knows the words. There's always a weird mumbling that follows "Stand beside her and guide her," and lasts until "From the mountains to the prairies."
David Sedaris Connected to the Carolinas
Source
12.09.2001 - p.455
- work
- Theft by Finding: Diaries, Volume 1 (1977-2002) (2017)
- year
- 1977
- locator
- p.455
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