<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=414689" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>The Gospel singer</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">The atmosphere was smoky blue.<br>The singer’s voice was smoky too<br>When she picked up the microphone <br>she fascinated everyone.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Her frail form hid a mighty voice<br>you listened to. You had no choice.<br>A voice which made the rafters ring.<br>She certainly knew how to sing.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">She sang without accompaniment.<br>Then she set up a precedent.<br> She softly crooned a gospel song <br>and took her audience along</div><div style="margin:10px 0"> Tough mobsters sat tears in their eyes<br> such was her power to hypnotise.<br>Cold killers who had made their bones<br> affected by her dulcet tones.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">She sang as though she was possessed<br> without a break without a rest.<br>From nine o clock til near midnight<br>Then suddenly was gone from sight.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Nobody knew the singers name, <br> nobody knew from whence she came<br>Some believe she was a ghost, <br> an angel from the heavenly host.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">But I don’t care I heard her sing <br> and to this day I proudly boast. <br>That I was there and listening<br>to an angel or a ghost.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I only know that she changed me<br>She altered my whole attitude<br> so now I live respectably.<br>Recalling her with gratitude</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Ivor+Or+Ivor.e+Hogg">Ivor Or Ivor.e Hogg</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=414689" data-title="The Gospel singer de Ivor Or Ivor.e Hogg" data-description="The atmosphere was smoky blue. The singer’s voice was smoky too When she picked up the microphone she fascinated everyone. Her frail form hid a mighty voice you listened to. You had no choice. A voice which made the rafters ring. She certainly..."></div> </div> </div>

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