Oscar Peterson Plays The Cole Porter Songbook

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“And his ghost may be heard as you pass by that billabong,
‘You’ll come a-waltzing Matilda with me!’”
—Andrew Barton Peterson (1864–1941)

“Language makes it possible for a child to incorporate his parents’ verbal prohibitions, to make them part of himself....We don’t speak of a conscience yet in the child who is just acquiring language, but we can see very clearly how language plays an indispensable role in the formation of conscience. In fact, the moral achievement of man, the whole complex of factors that go into the organization of conscience is very largely based upon language.”
—Selma H. Fraiberg (20th century)

“Between you and me, sir, I’ll have to see him before I’ll believe he’s invisible.”
—Lester Cole (1904–1985)

“There’s an, oh such a hungry yearning burning inside of me.”
—Cole Porter (1893–1964)