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Barry Sadler

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Leonard Cohen

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Johnny Mathis

American singer

Charles Kingsley

Charles Kingsley

British clergyman and writer

Stephen Foster

Stephen Foster

American composer

Richard Tarlton, woodcut, 1588

Richard Tarlton

British actor and ballad writer

Charles Brown

Charles Brown

American singer

Sir Harry Lauder.

Sir Harry Lauder

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Henry Carey

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Butt, Dame Clara

Dame Clara Butt

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Donagh MacDonagh

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Johann Zumsteeg

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Carl Loewe

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Richard Johnson

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Elias Lönnrot

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Magnus Brostrup Landstad

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