Harmonica virtuoso, arranger, and conductor
Renown for his harmonica solo
in the 1953 movie theme song, "Ruby Gentry"
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Richard Hayman, harmonica (1953) - Ruby
"I heard a thousand blended notes,
While in a grove I sate reclined,
In that sweet mood when pleasant thoughts
Bring sad thoughts to the mind."
"To her fair works did Nature link
The human soul that through me ran;
And much it grieved my heart to think
What man has made of man.
"Through primrose tufts, in that green bower,
The periwinkle trailed its wreaths;
And 't is my faith that every flower
Enjoys the air it breathes.
"The birds around me hopped and played,
Their thoughts I cannot measure:
But the least motion which they made
It seemed a thrill of pleasure."
--William Wordsworth
Caesar:
Who is it in the press that calls on me?
I hear a tongue shriller than all the music
Cry "Caesar!" Speak, Caesar is turn'd to hear.
Soothsayer:
Beware the ides of March.
Caesar:
What man is that?
Brutus:
A soothsayer bids you beware the ides of March.
Julius Caesar Act 1, scene 2, 15–19
-Shakespeare
From my 2005 post, on this Ides of March word play:
For what it is worth, Julius Caesar's cronies conspired and stabbed him to death on this day in 44 B.C.
There is a surgical procedure, an abdominal incision, for the delivery of a baby named after this Roman emperor's legendary birth; the Caesaren-Section.
One way or another, Julius Caesar was on the cutting edge of history.
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