The cool wind blew in my face and all at once I felt as if I had shed dullness from myself. Before me lay a long gray line with a black mark down the center. The birds were singing. It was spring.

Only Bing Crosby sold more Decca Records than the sisters in the 1940s. The boy performed a rendition of the folk ballad "Barbara Allen" and impressed both his uncle and the audience. He was discharged honorably apparently for medical reasons in September 1943.

It was genteel in expressive impact without being genteel in social conformity. Burl Icle Ivanhoe Ives (June 14 1909 – April 14 1995) was an American actor writer and folk music singer. As an actor Ives's work included comedies dramas and voice work in theater television and motion pictures.