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BEFORE AND AFTER

One hundred years before the Beatles

The Civil War did its evil

Two great lines of history

One of joy and one of tragedy


Also of joy and tragedy

Just a year before the Beatles popularity

Was the gruesome murder of Kennedy

I was young but remember clearly


At first their pleasing songs

Seemed a little wrong

Just a year after the tears

With our nation still seared


But the joy was timed splendidly

After the tragedy of Kennedy

Made their songs all the joy they could be

And even more with ecstasy


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