John Prine (1946–2020) American country singer/songwriter
"Daddy’s Little Pumpkin" (Prine, Pat McLaughlin)
Song lyrics, The Missing Years (1991)
“You can't be happy that fire cooks your food and be mad it burns your fingertips.”
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On the 3rd of May 1658 Jan van Riebeeck gave further instructions to the men on Robben Island;
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