A music man passed through here. He gave a short concert to paying customers. He'd invite people to pay him for a song to play. He'd move the paying party a little way from the crowd and play for them, solely. Eventually, people wanted to hear more music themselves. People offered to pay him in single cans of food. A group got together and each person paid one can of food, or such. They got him to play for them all at the same time. He agreed since they paid him all together. No one else was allowed to hear his concert. When he finished his concert he left for his new home.
Single cans were worth two songs. Double size can was worth two songs for three or four people, or four or five songs for two person. One mother fed him a meal. Her whole family got a personal concert for 30 minutes. And so Mr. Music Man came and left our camp site. Occasionally he would show up again. He would bring a friend to watch his back. Too many times someone would try to steal what he earned.
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(All right reserved to original motion picture of The Music Man)
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