Born in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, Thomas Bailey Aldrich moved with his father to New Orleans, Louisiana at the age o
The speaker describes his fondness for two girls, one blonde and the other a brunette. The blonde is like the North, the brunette like the South.
"My East and West" parodies Thomas Bailey Aldrich's "My North and South," and is signed "A.B.T." - mirroring Aldrich's initials.
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Born in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, Thomas Bailey Aldrich moved with his father to New Orleans, Louisiana at the age o
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