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Song Lyrics That Name Check Celebrities, Tom Russell

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Tom Russell's, "Criminology"
The Lyrics:
When Picasso die
The Indians cried
In a Prince George motel room
Who They Mention:
Pablo Picasso - Spanish painter and sculptor (1881 - 1973)
Submitted by: Adrian Smith
Tom Russell's, "Crosses of San Carlos"
The Lyrics:
Out where the crosses of San Carlos
shine 'neath a desert moon
near the canyons where Geronimo rode
Who They Mention:
Geronimo, leader of the Chiricahua Apache tribe, who died in 1909 aged 79.
Submitted by: Adrian Smith
Tom Russell's, "Crosses of San Carlos"
The Lyrics:
They shine neath the desert moon
Near the canyons where Cochise laid it down
And the old agave bloom
Who They Mention:
Cochise - renowned Apache chief, died 1874
Submitted by: Adrian Smith
Tom Russell's, "East of Woodstock, West of Vietnam"
The Lyrics:
I slept through the Nineteen Sixties
I heard Dory Previn say
But me I caught me the great white bird
To the shores of Africay
Who They Mention:
Dory Previn - American singer- songwriter and poet.
Submitted by: Adrian Smith
Tom Russell's, "East of Woodstock, West of Vietnam"
The Lyrics:
Well, I think it's going to rain tonight
I can smell it coming off the sea
As I sit here reading old Graham Greene
I taste Africa on every page
Who They Mention:
Graham Greene - English author - whose books include The Third Man and Brighton Rock
Submitted by: Adrian Smith
Tom Russell's, "Nina Simone"
The Lyrics:
Outside in the train yard
Is just Hanks Williams talking
to Nina Simone
Who They Mention:
Hank Williams and Nina Simone
Submitted by: Adrian Smith

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