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LOVE IS A FOUR LETTER WORD
A BLACK SWAN BOOK : 0 552 99853 2
First publication in Great Britain
PRINTING HISTORY
Black Swan edition published 2000
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Copyright © Claire Calman 2000
Ev’ry Time We Say Goodbye
Words and Music by Cole Porter
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