“Miracles bowl me over
And often will they do so
Now I think I was asleep till I heard
The voice of the great Caruso

Bring infinity home
Let me embrace it one more time
Make it the lilies of the field
Or Caruso in his prime”

—  Joan Baez

Caruso
Gulf Winds (1976)

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American singer 1941

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