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Ross (Rusty) Beatty's Songs
L'etang and Try a Little Tenderness
"L'etang" (The Pond) in original French version and then in English adaptation. Yvonne Monnett piano "L'etang" is a sensory evocation of sitting beside "L'etang" is a French art song about the sensations from nature that one feels when sitting beside a pond on a summer evening.
"Try a Little Tenderness" expresses the loneliness and sorrow of a young woman during the Depression.
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