"Mechoacan" is a word in ENGLISH
A species of jalap, of very feeble properties, said to
be obtained from the root of a species of Convolvulus (C. Mechoacan);
-- so called from Michoacan, in Mexico, whence it is obtained.
Dad wouldn't let me fool with his guitar much, because I'm left-handed, and I'd pick it up upside down. But I remember learning to sing 'Paper Doll,' the Mills Brothers song - this was during the war - and I remember my dad taking me down to one of those little record booths where you could make spoken letters to send home.
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