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IF I COULD SING
Written on a gum wrapper by Franciscus Henri


This track was broadcast live on Feb 29 1956 from platform 24
New York Grand central. (It was recorded on a Philips EL351 reel to reel tape recorder. The tape was recently found in a bin off 42nd street NY)
The radio program broadcast on WJUG 580 AM entitled “AMERICAN IDLE” and was hosted by Hamster van Damme.

Hamster van Damme was a Dutch migrant with a terrible American accent.
He died two weeks after this broadcast in a domestic accident involving a reel-to-reel tape recorder, a long extension cord, a cheese and two rubber bands

In 1956 Henri and Gardner were living on the street and unemployed after working as dishwashers in the “Whoflung dung” restaurant on 42nd avenue.
They found that after having their hands constantly in hot water they could no longer play their musical instruments and resigned to pursue their musical careers by busking.
After constant harassment from NYPD they secured a temporary gig playing inside a hotdog vending machine on platform 24 at Grand Central Railway station.
Their appearance on “AMERICAN IDLE” led directly to their subsequent success on Macjams.
Henri and Garner are now recognised as belonging to a long line of musicians who are all on the nickel.
Feel free to down load this track….everyone else does.

Historic note:
During the McCarthy hearings Henri was accused of involvement with the communist party and collaboration in the bombing of Pearl harbour.
The Lyrics below were presented as evidence.
When it was revealed during the investigation that Henri had been found in 1947 as a baby in a yet to be identified metal box in Area 51 the enquiry inexplicably ceased.

The files of the investigation are still classified as Top Secret and not available to public scrutiny.
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Watashi wa utau koto ga dekireba Kotoba to Ongagu Franciscus Henri

Watashi wa utau koto ga dekireba, watashi wa utau koto ga dekita.
Watashi wa nani o utau nodeshou ka?
Watashi wa uta o utaitai.
Soshite tabun anata wa issho ni utau koto ga dekimasu.
Anata ga odoru koto ga dekireba,
Anata wa odoru koto ga deki anata wa nani o odorudeshou ka?
Anata wa dansu o odoritai soshite,
nata wa watashi no uta ni awa sete odour
kotodarou sekai wa hikōki-bin ga nagaku natte, chīsaku natte iru watashitachiha,
anata ga shitte iru sekai o tobimawaru koto ga deki
watashi wa iku koto ga dekiru doko ni iku koto ga dekireba watashi wa,
Kyōto ya Tōkyō ni iku to omou soshite,
wareware wa shō o oku to omoimasu wareware wa
jiyū no tame no rōdodaun no MP 3 no hitobito o tsukuru koto ga dekiru soshite,
watashitachiha pan to mizu ni sumu koto ga dekiru watashinojinsei wa
nagaku natte iru watashi no uta wa mijikaku natte iru
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Name: Franciscus Henri
Location: Lower Plenty victoria Australia

I have lived on this particular planet since 1947 Born in a part of Europe currently known as “The Netherlands” But have lived in the Australian continent since 1956. If music is madness I should be in a straight Jacket. I can’t make my son... [see more]

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