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Saturday, June 07, 2025

involved in mankind.

  

"No man is an Iland, 

intire of it selfe;  

every man is a peece of the Continent, 

a part of the maine;  

if a Clod bee washed away by the Sea,

 Europe is the lesse, 

as well as if a Promontorie were, 

 as well as if a Mannor of thy friends or of thine owne were; 

 any mans death diminishes me, 

 because I am involved in Mankinde;  

And therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; 

 It tolls for thee"  





John Donne  

1623-24 


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devotions_upon_Emergent_Occasions 


 



"Make me down a pallet on your floor

Make me down a pallet soft and low

When I'm broke an' I got no where to go

Been hangin' around with a good time friends of mine

Hangin' around with a good time friends of mine

Oh, they treat me very nice and kind

When I've got a dollar and a dime

Weary blues everywhere I see

Weary in blues everywhere I see

Weary blues, honey, everywhere I see

No one ever had the blues like me

Way I'm sleepin', my back and shoulders tired

Way I'm sleepin', my back and shoulders tired

Come tomorrow, I'll be satisfied

If I can catch that fast train and ride

So, make me down a pallet on your floor

Make me down a pallet on your floor

Make me down a pallet soft and low

Babe, I'm broke and I got no where to go " 


"Make Me a Pallet on the Floor"  

(also "Make Me a Pallet on your Floor", "Make Me a Pallet", or "Pallet on the Floor")  

is a blues/jazz/folk song. It is considered a standard. 

As Jelly Roll Morton explained, "A pallet is something that – you get some quilts – in other words, it's a bed that's made on a floor without any four posters on 'em." 









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