“There was a boy
A very strange enchanted boy…”

— Eden ahbez

"Nature Boy" (1948) - Nat King Cole performance http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iq0XJCJ1Srw - Pat Boone and Nat King Cole duet http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6NaWYZI2Nzo

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American songwriter and recording artist 1908–1995

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