(TV) "True Story": "Let Go The Mansion" Put To Good Use

["Casey, Leo J" <CaseyL@VOLPE.DOT.GOV>]

I sent this early Wed. but it never appeared on List even 
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>I had to recheck the header to see if Leo sent this post.

My sister-in-law 'forced' my brother to move from a lower-middle 
class city south of Boston and buy a house in a very exclusive 
suburb (a house and lifestyle they can't really afford).  She 
wanted to 'keep-up' with her 2 sisters who already lived there.

One of the sisters had married a very wealthy man who made his 
fortune in air conditioning and heating systems; they lived in an 
extremely expensive and huge house.  My sister-in-law would often 
take my niece over to this house (and sometimes I'd tag along) to 
visit her cousins. 

More than once on returning, I would play "Let Go the Mansion" and 
my niece and I would sing along.  Although the song "Let Go the Mansion" 
was ostensibly for my niece's enjoyment it was intended to be a subtle 
hint to her mother.

	Leo  

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Dennis D
Sent: Wednesday, May 05, 2004 11:12 AM
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Subject: Re: (TV) OT but interesting

I had to recheck the header to see if Leo sent this post.

> 
> In another connection to the "Fifty years of pop" list,
> Verlaine's "Let Go The Mansion" was used by the Reagan
> re-election campaign in 1984 after Springsteen requested that
> they stop using "Born in the USA". 
> 
> --Phil
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